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Profiteer

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Profiteer"

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Word	Definition
speculatornoun	(business, finance) One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
rip-off merchantnoun	(slang) One who charges excessively high prices.
leechnoun	An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
leasemongernoun	(archaic) One who leases property at extortionate rates.
vulturenoun	Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
scroungernoun	One who scrounges.
usernoun	One who uses or makes use of something, a consumer or client or an express or implied licensee (free user) or a trespasser.
wealthmongernoun	(derogatory) A rich person.
sharknoun	(ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
bloaternoun	(British) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
stoozernoun	A person who makes a profit by stoozing.
operatornoun	A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.
usurernoun	A person who loans money to others and charges interest, particularly at an exorbitant, exploitative, or illegal rate.
stoogenoun	One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
parasitenoun	(biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit from living on or in that other organism, while not contributing towards that other organism sufficiently to cover the cost to that other organism.
racketeernoun	One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
moochernoun	(chiefly derogatory) A person having a tendency to take advantage of the help of others, especially if making little effort to help themselves.
grab hagnoun	(slang, derogatory) One who takes excessively or takes all that is available, without regard for the needs or considerations of others.
landmongernoun	An unscrupulous dealer in land.
unorthodox entrepreneurnoun	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unorthodox, entrepreneur; any entrepreneur who uses unorthodox business practices.