Profiteering
noun
Making a lot of money by selling goods or services for much more than they cost to produce, especially during difficult times when other people are struggling.
The government acted to stop profiteering by sending teams to monitor the prices of basic goods in the market.
Often appears as...
- accused of profiteering
- profiteering in the industry
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Disapproving
noun
Making a lot of money by selling goods or services for much more than they cost to produce, especially during difficult times when other people are struggling.
The government acted to stop profiteering by sending teams to monitor the prices of basic goods in the market.
Often appears as...
- accused of profiteering
- profiteering in the industry
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Crisis Context
Used when someone gains excessive profit in times of scarcity or emergency, often seen as unethical.
Some sellers were guilty of profiteering during the global pandemic by hiking prices of essential supplies.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term often has a negative tone, implying greed or taking unfair advantage of situations.
The public outcry over profiteering rules forced the company to lower its prices.
Pro Tip 3/3Regulatory Actions
Government may intervene to prevent profiteering, establishing regulations or price controls.
The new legislation was aimed at curbing profiteering among essential goods distributors.
Pro Tip 1/3Crisis Context
Used when someone gains excessive profit in times of scarcity or emergency, often seen as unethical.
Some sellers were guilty of profiteering during the global pandemic by hiking prices of essential supplies.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term often has a negative tone, implying greed or taking unfair advantage of situations.
The public outcry over profiteering rules forced the company to lower its prices.
Pro Tip 3/3Regulatory Actions
Government may intervene to prevent profiteering, establishing regulations or price controls.
The new legislation was aimed at curbing profiteering among essential goods distributors.
Pro Tip 1/3Crisis Context
Used when someone gains excessive profit in times of scarcity or emergency, often seen as unethical.
Some sellers were guilty of profiteering during the global pandemic by hiking prices of essential supplies.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The term often has a negative tone, implying greed or taking unfair advantage of situations.
The public outcry over profiteering rules forced the company to lower its prices.
Pro Tip 3/3Regulatory Actions
Government may intervene to prevent profiteering, establishing regulations or price controls.
The new legislation was aimed at curbing profiteering among essential goods distributors.
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The beauty of data...
is visually and relatively so I scrape to load a report figures from various news outlets and then scaled the boxes according to those amounts and the colors here represent the motivation behind the money so purple is fighting and red is giving money away and green is profiteering and what you can see
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The beauty of data...
and red is "giving money away," and green is "profiteering." And what you can see straight away is you start to have a different relationship to the numbers. You can literally see them. But more importantly, you start to see patterns and connections between numbers
Video examples
The beauty of data...
is visually and relatively so I scrape to load a report figures from various news outlets and then scaled the boxes according to those amounts and the colors here represent the motivation behind the money so purple is fighting and red is giving money away and green is profiteering and what you can see
Video examples
The beauty of data...
and red is "giving money away," and green is "profiteering." And what you can see straight away is you start to have a different relationship to the numbers. You can literally see them. But more importantly, you start to see patterns and connections between numbers
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
What stalwart Republican would stop Trump from profiteering for his businesses from the White House the way he's gamed his companies and the tax code for decades, or prevent him from letting his adult children milk their father's position to benefit his supposed 'blind trust?
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Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.
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Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
As I was writing 'The Shock Doctrine', I was covering the Iraq War and profiteering from the war, and I started to see these patterns repeat in the aftermath of natural disasters, like the Asian tsunami and then Hurricane Katrina.
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Marcia Angell
American Editor
The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health care industry.
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Shaffi Mather
Indian Businessman
Legitimate profit is good. What's bad is profiteering.
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
What stalwart Republican would stop Trump from profiteering for his businesses from the White House the way he's gamed his companies and the tax code for decades, or prevent him from letting his adult children milk their father's position to benefit his supposed 'blind trust?
Quote examples
Christoph Waltz
Austrian Actor
Our hubris needs to be downsized, thinking that profiteering on Earth, on whatever level - environmentally, economically, culturally - is unlimited and everybody should get as much as he wants or she wants. Humans need to be shrunk again to their actual size.
Quote examples
Naomi Klein
Canadian Journalist
As I was writing 'The Shock Doctrine', I was covering the Iraq War and profiteering from the war, and I started to see these patterns repeat in the aftermath of natural disasters, like the Asian tsunami and then Hurricane Katrina.
Quote examples
Marcia Angell
American Editor
The pharmaceutical industry isn't the only place where there's waste and inefficiency and profiteering. That happens in much of the rest of the health care industry.
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Shaffi Mather
Indian Businessman
Legitimate profit is good. What's bad is profiteering.
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