Explore Profiteer through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like capitalist or profit. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Profiteer meaning
One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
Synonyms of Profiteer
Using Profiteer
- The main meaning on this page is: One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
- Useful related words include: capitalist, profit, gain, benefit.
Context around Profiteer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Profiteer
- In this selection, "profiteer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, actually, war, addiction, government and dick stand out and add context to how "profiteer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include addiction profiteer and oxycontin and continue to profiteer government could. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "profiteer" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with profiteer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Addiction profiteer and OxyContin creator Purdue Pharma just can’t get a break. (13 words)
Tobacco, usually a profiteer of idleness, boredom and depression, is strangely losing out as traditional distribution channels are blocked. (19 words)
The minister warned that if manufacturers continue to profiteer, government could open up sugar imports from Brazil, which could kill the local industry. (23 words)
Consistently putting his foot in his mouth with racist language he deems progressive, predatory remarks toward women and publicly defending his dear friend/war profiteer Dick Cheney, Biden is, frankly, a terrible candidate. (33 words)
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. (25 words)
The minister warned that if manufacturers continue to profiteer, government could open up sugar imports from Brazil, which could kill the local industry. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
The minister warned that if manufacturers continue to profiteer, government could open up sugar imports from Brazil, which could kill the local industry.
As her name implies, the Profiteer is all about wealth, which is why the Fantastic Four freed her warriors and undid her plans.
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.
Tobacco, usually a profiteer of idleness, boredom and depression, is strangely losing out as traditional distribution channels are blocked.
Consistently putting his foot in his mouth with racist language he deems progressive, predatory remarks toward women and publicly defending his dear friend/war profiteer Dick Cheney, Biden is, frankly, a terrible candidate.
Addiction profiteer and OxyContin creator Purdue Pharma just can’t get a break.