profiteering

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• CMU ARPABET: P R AA2 F AH0 T IH1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: alver — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Bulgarian: спекула (spekula) — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• German: Geschäftemacherei — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• German: Wucherei — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Greek: αισχροκέρδεια (aischrokérdeia) — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Hungarian: nyerészkedés — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Hungarian: haszonlesés — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Irish: brabúsaíocht — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Italian: affarismo — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Italian: sciacallaggio — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Russian: спекуля́ция (spekuljácija) — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Turkish: alaverecilik — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Turkish: ihtikârcılık — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically
• Turkish: vurgunculuk — the act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically