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- pronunciation:
- pra
fih
tir
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition: |
a person who gains excessive profits, esp. by selling scarce commodities at very high prices.
While most people were suffering from privation during the war, he was making money as a profiteer. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
profiteers, profiteering, profiteered |
| definition: |
to act as a profiteer.
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