Definition of PROFITEER

profiteer

Meanings

Plural: profiteers

Noun

  • someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
  • One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

Verb

  • make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
  • To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

Origin / Etymology

From profit + -eer.

Scrabble Score: 14

profiteer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
profiteer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
profiteer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

profiteer is a valid Words With Friends word