Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun profiteer

1 sense of profiteer

Sense 1
profiteer -- (someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply))
       => capitalist -- (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb profiteer

1 sense of profiteer

Sense 1
profiteer -- (make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods)
       => profit, gain, benefit -- (derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience")