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profiteer in Arabic

إسْتِغْلَالِيّ ʔistiḡlāliyy

/ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/

profiteer in Arabic: إسْتِغْلَالِيّ (ʔistiḡlāliyy), اِنْتِهَازِيّ (intihāziyy). In English, profiteer means one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

Arabic words for profiteer

one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
إسْتِغْلَالِيّ ʔistiḡlāliyy, اِنْتِهَازِيّ intihāziyy

English meaning of profiteer

  1. noun One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
  2. verb To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

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Questions about profiteer in Arabic

What is the meaning of profiteer in Arabic?
Profiteer in Arabic is إسْتِغْلَالِيّ (ʔistiḡlāliyy), اِنْتِهَازِيّ (intihāziyy).
ما معنى كلمة profiteer؟
Profiteer: إسْتِغْلَالِيّ (ʔistiḡlāliyy), اِنْتِهَازِيّ (intihāziyy).
What does profiteer mean in English?
Profiteer means one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

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