Profiteering - English meaning

Profiteering – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The practice of making or seeking to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market.
Usage examples:
Seven food merchants were charged for profiteering

verb
Make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market.
Usage examples:
They claim he has illegally profiteered from his businesses in a number of ways
Synonims:
Overcharge Racketeer Make a fast/quick buck Make a quick killing Extortion Racketeering Exploitation Rachmanism

noun
The activity of taking unfair advantage of a situation to make a large profit, often by selling goods that are difficult to get at a very high price
Usage examples:
The competition commission is investigating supermarket prices and accusations of profiteering.

Profiteering translation into English

Profiteering: translate from English into Chinese

暴利, 获暴利

Profiteering: translate from English into Dutch

Winstbejag, Afzetterij, Woekerwinst-bejag

Profiteering: translate from English into French

Profiteur, Réalisation des bénéfices excessifs

Profiteering: translate from English into German

Wucher, Wucherei

Profiteering: translate from English into Hindi

सट्टेबाज़ी, मुनाफाखोरी

Profiteering: translate from English into Italian

Profitto, Speculare

Profiteering: translate from English into Korean

폭리, 폭리를 취하기, 특히 전시 따위에 폭리를 취하기

Profiteering: translate from English into Russian

Спекуляция, Барышничество

Profiteering: translate from English into Spanish

Mercantilismo, Ganancias excesivas

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Profiteering – similar words

profitably

adverb
In a way that yields profit or financial gain.
Usage examples:
The company expects to start trading profitably early this year

Profitably - all meanings in English

profitableness

noun
The quality or condition of being beneficial or advantageous; usefulness, value.

noun
The quality or condition of being financially profitable; lucrativeness.

Profitableness - all meanings in English

profitable

adjective
(of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain.
Usage examples:
A professionally run and profitable company

Profitable - all meanings in English

profitability

noun
The degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain.
Usage examples:
Profitability may not improve until well into next year

noun
The situation in which a company, product, etc. is producing a profit
Usage examples:
The report cited improvement in the bank's profitability in recent years., profitability of sth the…

Profitability - all meanings in English

profit

noun
A financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.
Usage examples:
Record pre-tax profits

verb
Obtain a financial advantage or benefit.
Usage examples:
The only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers

noun
Money that a business earns above what it costs to produce and sell goods and services
Usage examples:
[ u ] any profit made on the sale is taxable., [ c ] a lot of businesses are reaping huge profits.,…

Profit - all meanings in English

Profiteering synonims

exploitation

noun
The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
Usage examples:
The exploitation of migrant workers

noun
The act of using someone unfairly for your own advantage
Usage examples:
She favors legislation to curb the exploitation of child labor.

noun
The use or development of something for profit or progress in business
Usage examples:
The awards recognize the best new products or processes suitable for commercial exploitation., the …

Exploitation - all meanings in English

extortion

noun
The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.
Usage examples:
He used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge, art-stuffed mansion

noun
The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats
Usage examples:
He was found guilty of obtaining the money by extortion., she's trying to protect her son from exto…

Extortion - all meanings in English

overcharge

verb
Charge (someone) too high a price for goods or a service.
Usage examples:
Send your bill to the law society if you think you've been overcharged

noun
An excessive charge for goods or a service.
Usage examples:
An overcharge of £40

Overcharge - all meanings in English

racketeer

noun
A person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
Usage examples:
She would recount how it was possible to buy anything - from meat, chocolate, cigarettes and the ob…

noun
A person who makes money through dishonest or illegal activities

noun
Someone who makes money from organized illegal activities
Usage examples:
He achieved worldwide notoriety as a racketeer during the prohibition era in chicago.

Racketeer - all meanings in English

racketeering

noun
Dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
Usage examples:
Racketeering ensnared the economy

noun
The act or practice of making money through dishonest or illegal activities
Usage examples:
He now faces 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges.

noun
The practice of making money from organized illegal activities
Usage examples:
In june, the government indicted him on 16 counts of racketeering, bribery, fraud and obstruction o…

Racketeering - all meanings in English

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