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Definition of Profiteered
1. profiteer [v] - See also: profiteer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profiteered
Literary usage of Profiteered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"Frankly, inasmuch as we publishers are all human, I suppose that we would have
profiteered a little bit if we could have done so; but, remember, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Crown Prince of Germany by William (1922)
"Nevertheless, nothing was done to remove the evil; in the fullest sense of the
saying, whoever wished to profiteer profiteered—profiteered in state ..."
3. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"Finally, during the Crusades, the Italian cities had become the point of embarkation
for the Crusaders and had profiteered to an almost unbelievable extent. ..."
4. The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1921)
"Finally, during the Cru^ sades, the Italian cities had become the point of
embarkation for the Crusaders and had profiteered to an almost unbelievable ..."
5. The American Political Science Review (1920)
"At various stages in the debate suggestions were not wanting that many Luxemburgers
had grossly profiteered during the hostilities, and that it was they who ..."
6. Immigration and Labor: The Economic Aspects of European Immigration to the by Isaac Aaronovich Hourwich (1922)
"American labor, as a whole, therefore, cannot legitimately be charged with having
profiteered during the war. Rather, like Alice in Wonderland, ..."
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