profiteer

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• /ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
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Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English profiteer From profit + -eer.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إسْتِغْلَالِيّ (ʔistiḡlāliyy) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Arabic: اِنْتِهَازِيّ (intihāziyy) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Bulgarian: спекулант (spekulant) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Chinese Mandarin: 奸商 (jiānshāng) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Dutch: profiteur — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Finnish: kiskuri — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• French: profiteur — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• French: profiteuse — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• German: Profitmacher — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• German: Profiteur — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Hungarian: nyerészkedő — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Irish: brabachóir — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Italian: profittatore — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Korean: 모리배 (moribae) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Latin: lucripeta — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Portuguese: usureiro — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: спекуля́нт (spekuljánt) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: спекуля́нтка (spekuljántka) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: торга́ш (torgáš) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: бары́га (barýga) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: бары́шник (barýšnik) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Russian: переку́пщик (perekúpščik) — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Spanish: especulador — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Spanish: especuladora — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Spanish: lucrante inescrupuloso — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Welsh: proffidiwr — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Welsh: budrelwr — one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk
• Bulgarian: спекулирам (spekuliram) — to make an unreasonable profit
• Finnish: rahastaa — to make an unreasonable profit
• Hungarian: nyerészkedik — to make an unreasonable profit
• Russian: наживаться (naživatʹsja) — to make an unreasonable profit