Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: profiteering

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A Competition and Markets Authority investigation later found no evidence of profiteering, but the regulator told retailers to make pricing clearer.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66932287?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

But while the trade department can charge those who set prices higher than the SRP with profiteering, it’s hardly enforced.

Source: https://time.com/6245568/philippines-onions-shortage-inflation/

Campaigners are continuing to raise concerns about energy profiteering in the wake of the latest announcement of record profits and there have been calls for a tax on share buybacks.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23327797.scottish-gas-owner-give-500m-shareholders-record-profits/?ref=rss

Experts are now demanding an end to the 'profiteering' practice, urging sites to stop cashing in on vulnerable Brits longing for a baby.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11574771/Risky-IVF-add-ons-audit-couples.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Job security, he said, was threatened by the fourth Industrial Revolution which sought to champion profiteering at the expense of employment creation.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2023-05-01-workers-still-battling-poverty-and-inequality-says-amcu-on-workers-day-as-it-reflects-on-marikana-massacre/

Oxfam called for a systemic and wide-ranging increase in taxation of the super-rich to claw back crisis gains driven by public money and profiteering.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/networth-of-richest-1-percent-double-of-rest-of-world-oxfam-2503536/

Petitioner noted that penalizing profiteering without sufficiently defining what constitutes it violates one’s right to due process and the accused’s right to be informed of the nature and cause of an accusation against him.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/11/20/sc-affirms-legality-of-price-act-penalty-on-profiteering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sc-affirms-legality-of-price-act-penalty-on-profiteering

The economy is underdeveloped and owned by foreign conglomerates who are busy asset-stripping and profiteering, leaving nothing for the people who live here.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23480705.stop-indy-distraction-snps-time/?ref=rss

There’s not profiteering going on in any way, shape or form.

Source: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/coventry-doug-king-corporate-boxes-27151144

“This reasoning does not apply to government seats and is only applicable to seats in private colleges where evils of capitation fee, exploitation, profiteering etc. exist,” the suit said.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu-government-moves-supreme-court-says-neet-violates-basic-structure-equality-and-federalism/article66526633.ece

“We don’t want profiteering in the oil industry to be core in decision making; we want safety first, so that once they are making profit, they will ensure safety and no loss of life.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/nmdpra-engages-stakeholders-in-tackling-incessant-fire-incidents-in-oil-distribution-system/

Yet some residents argue the district would open the door to water profiteering, claiming the plan would connect local supplies to California water markets, and allow the state to demand transfers during drought emergencies.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-12-district-northern-california.html

Yet the Reserve Bank has been adamant that corporate profiteering was not an inflationary trigger.

Source: https://www.sconeadvocate.com.au/story/8451028/the-truth-behind-self-service-checkouts-and-grocery-giants/?src=rss