profiteer
Speech parts
1. profiteer - Noun
2. profiteer - Verb
Meaning
someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
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Examples
As her name implies, the Profiteer is all about wealth, which is why the Fantastic Four freed her warriors and undid her plans.
Had Adi been classified as a Belasteter, or “profiteer,” he could have lost control of Dassler Brothers—in which case Rudi might have been appointed to run the company—or he could have been stripped of ownership entirely.
Rocket calls out the Badoon representative, Lani Ko Ako, who's wearing an image inducer, who then reveals that she's actually Profiteer in disguise.
Martin Mull is Colonel Mustard, a war profiteer whose working for the Pentagon on a fusion bomb and had relations with a girl from Miss Scarlet's escort service.
Then there are the training companies who profiteer in their courses charging you $250 for each course, or more, and then $500 for a demo reel (of which you will need 5) – before you know it, you’ve let go of $5k before you’re trained and ready to rock.