Definitions for profiteer

profiteer prof·it·eer

Spelling: [prof-i-teer]
IPA: /ˌprɒf ɪˈtɪər/

Profiteer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in profiteer (eefioprrt).

Definitions for profiteer

noun

  1. a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.

verb (used without object)

  1. to act as a profiteer.

Origin of profiteer

First recorded in 1910-15; profit + -eer

Examples for profiteer

Silas Angmering had evidently been what is called a profiteer.

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

If "The profiteer" is not the right answer, it's quite a good guess.

The profiteer found a fine field in the manufacture of shoddy.

Neither did Hindenburg, nor any German war lord, nor any profiteer.

It is the profiteer, not privation, that makes man shake his chains.

It was the policy of the Army not to "profiteer" in the United Kingdom.

"I'm awfully sorry I called you a profiteer," he said humbly.

The profiteer, the shirk, the fraud of any sort, was instantly unmasked.

All the practices of the "profiteer" and his ilk are discountenanced by far-seeing people.

Word Value for profiteer
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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