profiteering

/pro-fi-teer-ing/US // ˌprɒ fɪˈtɪər ɪŋ //

牟取暴利,暴利,谋取暴利,暴利行为

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act or practice of seeking exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods: The companies who raised prices before, during, or after the hurricane were charged with profiteering.

as incorrupt

Forms: profiteerings

Synonyms

Illinois attempted to take a strong stand against adoption profiteering in a 2005 adoption-reform act, which barred out-of-state, for-profit intermediaries from engaging in adoption-related activities in the state.
As we’ve heard so far, a peer-reviewed economic analysis shows these firms behave in a variety of ways that seem closer to profiteering than just profit-maximizing.
He’s used data to show profiteering at a mental health hospital and questionable practices in local law enforcement agencies.
It has lobbied public-pension investors and members of Congress to press the firm to return its dividends to the company, saying its profiteering has put Prospect’s safety-net hospitals at risk.
Religious profiteering has spread beyond the tourism industry.
Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.
Should Courage give up her war profiteering and settle down to run an honest pub—even if it means abandoning her mute girl?
The next thing I expect is some sort of profiteering off this.
Romney let the Obama campaign pummel and define him as the profiteering-job destroyer from Bain.
There were harsh laws against profiteering in France in 1793—England in 1919 found it necessary to make quite similar laws.
However delicate a definition is framed for ',' these packers have preyed upon the people unconscionably.

/pro-fi-teer-ing/US // ˌprɒ fɪˈtɪər ɪŋ //

牟取暴利,暴利,谋取暴利,暴利行为

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act or practice of seeking exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods: The companies who raised prices before, during, or after the hurricane were charged with profiteering.

as incorrupt

Forms: profiteerings

Synonyms

Illinois attempted to take a strong stand against adoption profiteering in a 2005 adoption-reform act, which barred out-of-state, for-profit intermediaries from engaging in adoption-related activities in the state.
As we’ve heard so far, a peer-reviewed economic analysis shows these firms behave in a variety of ways that seem closer to profiteering than just profit-maximizing.
He’s used data to show profiteering at a mental health hospital and questionable practices in local law enforcement agencies.
It has lobbied public-pension investors and members of Congress to press the firm to return its dividends to the company, saying its profiteering has put Prospect’s safety-net hospitals at risk.
Religious profiteering has spread beyond the tourism industry.
Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.
Should Courage give up her war profiteering and settle down to run an honest pub—even if it means abandoning her mute girl?
The next thing I expect is some sort of profiteering off this.
Romney let the Obama campaign pummel and define him as the profiteering-job destroyer from Bain.
There were harsh laws against profiteering in France in 1793—England in 1919 found it necessary to make quite similar laws.
However delicate a definition is framed for ',' these packers have preyed upon the people unconscionably.