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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| greed | / | Noun, Noun |
| exploitation | xx/x | Noun |
| profiting | /xx | Verb |
| collusion | x/x | Noun |
| exploitative | x/xx | Adjective |
| avarice | /xx | Noun |
| malfeasance | x/x | Noun |
| gouging | /x | Noun |
| cronyism | /xxx | Noun |
| rapacity | x/xx | Noun |
| unscrupulous | x/xx | Adjective |
| greedy | /x | Adjective |
| capitalistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| extortion | x/x | Noun |
| monopolistic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| dishonesty | x/xx | Noun |
| hypocrisy | x/xx | Noun |
| thievery | /xx | Noun |
| opportunism | xx/xx | Noun |
| rampant | /x | Adjective |
| fraud | / | Noun |
| corruption | x/x | Noun |
| criminality | xx/xx | Noun |
| racketeering | xx/x | Noun |
| predatory | /xxx | Adjective |
| selfishness | /xx | Noun |
| duplicity | x/xx | Noun |
| immorality | xx/xx | Noun |
| unethical | x/xx | Adjective |
| looting | /x | Noun |
| dishonest | x/x | Adjective |
| fraudulent | /xx | Adjective |
| capitalist | /xxx | Noun, Adjective |
| mismanagement | x/xx | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| monopolization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| chicanery | x/xx | Noun |
| thieving | /x | Noun |
| politicking | /xxx | Noun |
| complicity | x/xx | Noun |
| corporatism | /xxxx | Noun |
| crass | / | Noun |
| commodification | x/xx/x | Noun |
| expansionism | x/xxx | Noun |
| aggrandizement | /xxx | Noun |
| nefarious | x/xx | Adjective |
| blatant | /x | Adjective |
| gaining | /x | Verb |
| speculation | xx/x | Noun |
| prof | x | Noun |
| profit motive | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| scalping | /x | Noun |
| dumping | /x | Verb |
| free ride | // | Phrase, Noun, Verb |
| wheeling and dealing | /x//x | Phrase, Noun |
| arbitrage | /xx | Noun |
| profit a prendre | /xxxx | Phrase, Noun |
| avail | x/ | Noun |
| earnings | /x | Noun |
| insider trading | x/x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| sacrifice | /xx | Noun |
| flipping | /x | Verb |
| exposure | x/x | Noun |
| rent | / | Noun |
| usury | /xx | Noun |
| accounting | x/x | Noun |
| investing | x/x | Noun |
| investment | x/x | Noun |
| business | /x | Noun |
| thrift | / | Noun |
| stuffing | /x | Noun |
| tunneling | /xx | Noun |
| turn | / | Noun |
| leverage | /xx | Noun |
| dealing | /x | Verb |
| surcharge | x/ | Noun |
| spread | / | Noun |
| profit sharing | /x/x | Phrase, Noun |
| venture capitalist | /x/xxx | Phrase, Noun |
| margin | /x | Noun |
| breakage | /x | Noun |
| shunting | /x | Noun |
| hoarding | /x | Verb, Noun |
| unconscionable | x/xxx | Adjective |
| shameless | /x | Adjective |
| orgy | /x | Noun |
| smuggling | /x | Noun |
| wartime | /x | Adjective |
| curb | / | Verb |
| accusations | xx/x | Noun |
| flagrant | /x | Adjective |
| allegations | xx/x | Noun |
| accused | x/ | Verb |
| evasion | x/x | Noun |
| graft | / | Noun |
| bribery | /xx | Noun |
| combating | x/x | Verb |
| alleged | x/ | Verb |
| inefficiency | xx/xx | Noun |
| ruthless | /x | Adjective |
| indulge | x/ | Verb |
| illicit | x/x | Adjective |
| illegal | x/x | Adjective |
| charges | /x | Noun |
| inflation | x/x | Noun |
| shortages | /xx | Noun |
| undue | x/ | Adjective |
| rumors | /x | Noun |
| marketing | /xx | Noun |
| petty | /x | Adjective |
| preventing | x/x | Verb |
| trading | /x | Noun |
| excessive | x/x | Adjective |
| unfair | x/ | Adjective |
| discourage | x/x | Verb |
| flourished | /x | Verb |
| merchants | /x | Noun |
| waste | / | Noun |
| speculative | /xxx | Adjective |
| eliminate | x/xx | Verb |
| complaints | x/ | Noun |
| check | / | Verb |
| stop | / | Verb |
| expense | x/ | Noun |
| corporate | /xx | Adjective |
| official | x/x | Adjective |
| prices | /x | Noun |
| opportunities | xx/xx | Noun |
| advised | x/ | Adjective |
| affirmative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| anticompetitive | xxx/xx | Adjective |
| antipoverty | xx/xx | Adjective |
| antiterrorism | xxxxxx | Noun |
| antitrust | xx/ | Adjective |
| benefiting | /xxx | Verb |
| breakeven | /xx | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| cheating | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| favoritism | /xxxx | Noun |
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun |
| plundering | /xx | Noun |
| punitive | /xx | Adjective |
| repressive | x/x | Adjective |
| retaliatory | x/xxx | Adjective |
| sabotage | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| speculating | /xxx | Noun |
| terrorist | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| save | / | Verb, Noun |
| get | / | Verb, Noun |
| off | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| backwater | /xx | Noun, Verb |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
| no | / | Noun, Adverb, Adjective |
