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Recent Examples of profiteer
Yet sanctions seemed not to touch those who rose to wealth during the war: looters, smugglers, and war profiteers protected by the regime.
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Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
For a quarter century we have been misled by a chorus of neocon war hawks, defense industry profiteers, think tank courtiers and media opportunists.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Genocide profiteers like Raytheon supply weapons to the IDF, paid for by our taxes.
—Omar Gallaga, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
The metaverse is understood by the world’s profiteers to be a frontier created specifically to be colonized; its purpose is wealth extraction.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
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Loubna Mrie, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
For a quarter century we have been misled by a chorus of neocon war hawks, defense industry profiteers, think tank courtiers and media opportunists.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Genocide profiteers like Raytheon supply weapons to the IDF, paid for by our taxes.
—Omar Gallaga, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Mar. 2024
The metaverse is understood by the world’s profiteers to be a frontier created specifically to be colonized; its purpose is wealth extraction.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiteer
Noun
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Her rule aligns with what longevity experts typically say: Occasional cheat meals are fine.—
Ryan Johnston,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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However, the real cheat code may be turning away from the idyllic and amplifying the real-life stories of parents who share similar struggles.—
Christian Dashiell,
Parents,
10 Mar. 2025
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Alvarez is a good pitch cheater, a bad pitch blocker and has a good arm despite throwing out just 18% of base-stealers.—
Gene McCaffrey,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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The United States tops the league table of countries with the most cheaters, with 21 percent of respondents admitting to having cheated on any past or present partner, according to 2021 findings by Statista.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Or there’s Jim Thompson’s 1963 crime novel The Grifters, whose nihilistic hustlers abuse the trust of everyone around them, perpetually working either the short or long con at the expense of real friendships and a real sense of self.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
6 Mar. 2025
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For side hustlers, upskilling means expanding their repertoire to tap into additional income streams.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Jewish people in the U.S. have adopted a position of ‘support Netanyahu and his thugs irrespective of the political cost’ approach.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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The thug in the seat next to him had 14 prior arrests and went by the name of killer.—
NPR,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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The layoffs of roughly 7,000 Internal Revenue Service probationary workers beginning this week probably mean the end of the agency’s plan to go after high-wealth tax dodgers and could spell disaster for revenue collection, experts say.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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The baseball world will look back at this era of dodger baseball 30 years from now and have nothing but fond memories and positive things to say about it.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Profiteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiteer. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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