profiteer

/pɹˌɒfɪtˈi‍ə/

/ˌpɹɑfəˈtɪɹ/

Profiteer

someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)

to profiteer

MAIN VERB

make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

Examples

1. Mammon is the profiteer.

2. They are the new profiteers of the future.

3. In recent years, mainland China's copycat profiteers moved into the business of counterfeiting ENTIRE shops and brand identities!

4. I.G Farben with Bayer became the single largest profiteer of German conquest in World War II.