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      profiteer
      noun
      someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
      verb
      make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
      Roots
      propro- · Latin · forth, forwardfacio-fit · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for profiteer
      exploiternextortionistn
      Words related to profiteer
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