profiteer
(prof-it-eer)
3 syllables
Definition
verb. to make excessive profit, especially in times of crisis.
Example Sentence
The profiteer sold bread for extravagant prices during the war.
More Example Sentences
They were accused to profiteer from the disaster.
Synonyms
exploit; capitalize; take advantage
Antonyms
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profiteer
Rhymes
- beare
- beer
- bere
- blear
- briere
- cheer
- clear
- cleere
- crear
- creer
- cyr
- dear
- deer
- deere
- ear
- fear
- fier
- fleer
- frear
- freire
- frere
- gear
- geer
- gere
- gier
- giere
- grear
- greer
- hear
- here
- jeer
- kear
- kier
- kleer
- kneer
- lear
- leer
- mear
- meir
- mere
- mir
- myhre
- near
- neer
- nir
- peer
- pier
- queer
- rear
- schear
- scheer
- schweer
- sear
- sere
- shear
- sheer
- shere
- smear
- sneer
- spear
- speer
- speir
- sphere
- stear
- steer
- steere
- tear
- teer
- veer
- vere
- we're
- wier
- year
- zerr
- zier
- adhere
- alvear
- amir
- appear
- austere
- bashir
- bassir
- bebear
- career
- cashier
- chachere
- chusmir
- desir
- dornier
- dyneer
- emir
- frontier
- guinier
- inhere
- kamir
- keneer
- laimbeer
- lanier
- lazear
- mateer
- mclear
- mcnear
- mcneer
- mcteer
- mctier
- menear
- minear
- minteer
- oneyear
- orear
- plenmeer
- premier
- premiere
- puryear
- rainier
- rehear
- revere
- rosevear
- safier
- sameer
- samir
- severe
- shamir
- sincere
- st_cyr
- termeer
- unclear
- vanleer
- vanliere
- veneer
- vizier
- wazir
- yasir
- zahir
- zaire
- zamfir
- zegeer
- auctioneer
- bandolier
- belvedere
- bombardier
- brigadeer
- brigadier
- budgeteer
- casebeer
- cavalier
- chandelier
- charpentier
- chevalier
- commandeer
- crochetiere
- disappear
- domineer
- dubilier
- engineer
- exovir
- financier
- financiere
- gondolier
- insincere
- interfere
- lagardere
- marketeer
- mutineer
- overhear
- pamphleteer
- pelletier
- persevere
- pioneer
- profiteer
- racketeer
- rayonier
- reappear
- rensselaer
- souvenir
- summiteer
- volunteer
- wagoneer
- conventioneer
- electioneer
- imagineer
- reengineer
- bioengineer