profiteer
/ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
profiteer noun: one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
Noun
profiteer (plural profiteers)
- One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
Verb
profiteer (third-person singular simple present profiteers, present participle profiteering, simple past and past participle profiteered)
- To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.
profiteer meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic
profiteer in Tamil
- கொள்ளை ஆதாயத்தார்
profiteer in Malayalam
- overcharge, racketeer, cheat someone
- അന്യായലാഭമുണ്ടാക്കുക, കൊള്ളവില ഈടാക്കുക, അമിതലാഭമുണ്ടാക്കുക, കൊള്ളലാഭമെടുക്കുക, അന്യായവില ഈടാക്കുക, അമിതവില ഈടാക്കുക
- racketeer, exploiter, black marketer bloodsucker
- അർത്ഥകരൻ, കരിഞ്ചന്തക്കാരൻ, ജനവഞ്ചകൻ, ലോകപ്പിരട്ടൻ, ചൂഷകൻ, ഊട്ടിയറപ്പൻ
profiteer in Kannada
- ಲಾಭಕೋರ, ಲಾಭ ಬಡುಕ, ನಫಾಕೋರ
profiteer in Arabic
- one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
- إسْتِغْلَالِيّ ʔistiḡlāliyy, اِنْتِهَازِيّ intihāziyy
Forms of profiteer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | profiteers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | profiteers |
| present participle | profiteering |
| past participle | profiteered |
| past | profiteered |
Origin of profiteer
From profit + -eer.
Words formed from profiteer
Words that rhyme with profiteer
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- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about profiteer
- What does profiteer mean?
- Profiteer means one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
- What is profiteer in Tamil?
- Profiteer in Tamil is கொள்ளை ஆதாயத்தார். See Profiteer meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is profiteer?
- Profiteer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce profiteer?
- Profiteer is pronounced /ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of profiteer?
- The plural of profiteer is profiteers.
Words near profiteer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: profiteer (page history and authors); profiteer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profiteer (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); profiteer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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