profiteer

n.
One who makes excessive profits on goods in short supply.

intr.v., -eered, -eer·ing, -eers.
To make excessive profits on goods in short supply.

Making excessive profits, often to the detriment of others. One who is profiteering is pursuing the act of making excessive profits.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)

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The verb profiteer has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - tjene store penge på krig etc.
n. - profitmager

Nederlands (Dutch)
profiteur, uitbuiter, woekeraar

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire des bénéfices excessifs
n. - profiteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Profitmacher
v. - sich bereichern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κερδοσκόπος, αισχροκερδής
v. - αισχροκερδώ, κερδοσκοπώ

Italiano (Italian)
profittatore, imbroglione, approfittarsi, imbrogliare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - aproveitador (m), explorador (m)
v. - especular, explorar

Русский (Russian)
спекулянт, получать сверхприбыль

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - acaparar
n. - acaparador, aprovechado, buitre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - profithaj, profitör
v. - ockra, skaffa sig oskälig profit

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
牟取暴利, 获暴利的人, 奸商

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 牟取暴利
n. - 獲暴利的人, 奸商

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 부당 이익을 취하다
n. - 부당 이득자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 暴利をむさぼる人
v. - 暴利をむさぼる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الاستغلالي, من يربح ربحا فاحشا (فعل) يربح ربح فاحش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ספסר, הפקיע מחירים‬
n. - ‮מפקיע מחירים, סוחר בשוק השחור‬

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