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profiteer
DEFINITIONS OF:
profiteer
1
n
someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
Type of:
capitalist
a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
v
make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
Type of:
benefit
,
gain
,
profit
derive a benefit from
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