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Recent Examples of profiteer
Genocide profiteers like Raytheon supply weapons to the IDF, paid for by our taxes.
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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
The contractor, Zachary Young, was included in a November 2021 segment on war profiteers charging high prices to assist people in fleeing Afghanistan after the U.S. exited.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Expect the same slick ads that neglect to mention dangers in order to get our youth hooked as a key long-term strategy for profiteers.
—Bruce Grant, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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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
The contractor, Zachary Young, was included in a November 2021 segment on war profiteers charging high prices to assist people in fleeing Afghanistan after the U.S. exited.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Expect the same slick ads that neglect to mention dangers in order to get our youth hooked as a key long-term strategy for profiteers.
—Bruce Grant, Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiteer
Noun
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Biden promised to boost revenue and reduce the deficit by raising taxes on the rich, and by auditing wealthy tax cheats.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Durant could be thrown into this mix and considered the ultimate cheat code.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Both of them were even accused of siding with the cheater because they’d both been accused of cheating themselves, so to now hear Bronwyn backtracking and granting Todd far more grace than either of them did to begin with must feel strange.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once your game has crashed, the cheater is free to run up to your character in game, shoot them in the head and take all your gear.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Uncle Richard Jr., voiced by Deon Cole, is an ex-con and a relentless hustler whose questionable advice often lands Kev in hot water.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2025
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In other cases, domain-name hustlers have purchased the URLs of media properties that have fallen on hard times and resurrected them as AI content mills, sometimes replacing their previously sound journalism with robotic pablum.—
Kate Knibbs,
WIRED,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The investigation leads Cole into an ugly world of red-neck thugs and disappeared girls.—
Sandra Dallas,
The Denver Post,
2 Feb. 2025
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How many of you recall the TV image on Jan. 6, 2021, of Officer Daniel Hodges, squashed in a revolving door at the U.S. Capitol, screaming for help as MAGA thugs beat on his head?—
Trudy Rubin,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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While the move aimed at keeping counterfeiters and tax dodgers on the back foot appears at odds with the growing popularity of cash-free transactions by consumers and businesses, central bank and finance ministry officials continue to flag the enduring importance of paper money.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune Asia,
3 July 2024
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Indictment details In the indictment, the department’s tax attorneys portrayed Rotta as a perennial tax dodger.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2024
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“Profiteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiteer. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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