profiteering / ˌprɒ fɪˈtɪər ɪŋ /

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profiteering 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. the act or practice of seeking exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods: The companies who raised prices before, during, or after the hurricane were charged with profiteering.

profiteering 近义词

profiteering

等同于 corrupt

profiteering

等同于 villainousness

profiteering

等同于 corruption

profiteering

等同于 exploitation

更多profiteering例句

  1. Illinois attempted to take a strong stand against adoption profiteering in a 2005 adoption-reform act, which barred out-of-state, for-profit intermediaries from engaging in adoption-related activities in the state.
  2. As we’ve heard so far, a peer-reviewed economic analysis shows these firms behave in a variety of ways that seem closer to profiteering than just profit-maximizing.
  3. He’s used data to show profiteering at a mental health hospital and questionable practices in local law enforcement agencies.
  4. It has lobbied public-pension investors and members of Congress to press the firm to return its dividends to the company, saying its profiteering has put Prospect’s safety-net hospitals at risk.
  5. Religious profiteering has spread beyond the tourism industry.
  6. Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.
  7. Should Courage give up her war profiteering and settle down to run an honest pub—even if it means abandoning her mute girl?
  8. The next thing I expect is some sort of profiteering off this.
  9. Romney let the Obama campaign pummel and define him as the profiteering-job destroyer from Bain.
  10. There were harsh laws against profiteering in France in 1793—England in 1919 found it necessary to make quite similar laws.
  11. However delicate a definition is framed for 'profiteering,' these packers have preyed upon the people unconscionably.
  12. How, too, can its existence be proved, for high fixed prices are not always an evidence of profiteering methods.
  13. Thus Nehemiah would have had ample precedent to fill his own coffers by injustice, profiteering and worse: he had the power.
  14. And none of us are going to stand profiteering, and broken pledges, and that kind of thing!'