Usually means: Made excessive profits from crises.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. profiteered: Merriam-Webster
  2. profiteered: Collins English Dictionary
  3. profiteered: Vocabulary.com
  4. profiteered: Wordnik
  5. profiteered: Wiktionary
  6. profiteered: Dictionary.com
  7. profiteered: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. profiteered: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. profiteered: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (profiteer)

noun:  (derogatory) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
verb:  To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
▸ Also see profiteer


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