profiteer

English Thesaurus

1. someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	capitalist,
definition	:	a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) (noun.person)

2. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	benefit, gain, profit,
definition	:	derive a benefit from (verb.possession)

3. someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) (noun.person)

derivation	:	earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits,
definition	:	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) (noun.possession)

derivation	:	profiteer,
definition	:	make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods (verb.possession)

4. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods (verb.possession)

derivation	:	profiteer,
definition	:	someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) (noun.person)

5. someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) (noun.person)

derivation	:	earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits,
definition	:	the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) (noun.possession)

derivation	:	profiteer,
definition	:	make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods (verb.possession)

6. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods (verb.possession)

derivation	:	profiteer,
definition	:	someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) (noun.person)