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profiteer

/prof-i-teer/US // ˌprɒf ɪˈtɪər //UK // (ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə) //

牟取暴利者,暴发户,获利者,牟取暴利

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act as a profiteer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Philadelphia’s local real estate lobby launched a press campaign that sought to distinguish what the industry today calls “mom-and-pop landlords” from the popularly vilified “rent profiteers.”

  • Indeed, some of the biggest profiteers from this week’s market action are asset managers like BlackRock, market-makers like Citadel, and the private equity giant Silver Lake.

  • In their eyes, Rove is more Wizard of Oz than Architect, more profiteer than player.

  • Had he kept the money he will earn from his memoirs, he would surely have been condemned as some kind of war profiteer.

  • The law of supply and demand, as applied to eggs, together with the local brand of profiteer, was the cause.

  • The speculation and graft were colossal, and beyond the most extravagant dreams of the British brand of war profiteer.

  • It is not my purpose to dwell upon those disgraceful landlords who profiteer.

  • I nearly asked if he was a little dog-fish—this being the Italian for profiteer, but refrained in time.

  • In the selfishness of the "profiteer," as we now call him, Punch sees a sure provocative of Communism.