profiteering

Word family  noun profit profitability profiteering profiteer adjective profitable ≠ unprofitable profitless verb profit profiteer adverb profitably profitlessly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++prof·it·eer·ing /ˌprɒfəˈtɪərɪŋ $ ˌprɑːfəˈtɪr-/ noun [uncountable]  the process of making unfairly large profits, especially by selling things that are very difficult to get at very high prices 牟取暴利 —profiteer noun [countable] black market profiteers 黑市上牟取暴利的商人 —profiteer verb [intransitive]

Examples from the Corpus

profiteering• As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous.• The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering.• He denies there is any profiteering.• Merchants who bought food in surplus areas for sale in drought districts were shot for profiteering.• Real fans, they say, need protecting; profiteering must be stopped.

prof·it·eer·ing nounChineseSyllable  

especially profits, things Corpus by making selling process of unfairly large the

profiteering
prof‧it‧eer‧ing /ˌprɒfəˈtɪərɪŋ, ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ $ ˌprɑːfəˈtɪr-/ noun [uncountable]the process of making unfairly large profits, especially by selling things that are very difficult to get at very high prices
—profiteer noun [countable]:
    black market profiteers
—profiteer verb [intransitive]

prof·it·eer·ingBrE /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɑːfəˈtɪrɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (disapproving) the act of making a lot of money in an unfair way, for example by asking very high prices for things that are hard to get 牟取暴利▸ prof·it·eer BrE /ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌprɑːfɪˈtɪr/ 🔊 noun