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Recent Examples of profiteer
Facebook stands accused of giving unscrupulous profiteers, politicians, and anyone else willing to pay the ability to change minds about everything from who to vote for to whether to get the vaccine.
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Simon Hill, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, advancement of AI has emboldened corporate profiteers who have already extracted fortunes from government technology investment, and see orders of magnitude greater opportunities to sell tech products with AI.
—Bruce Schneier, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence is billed by its profiteers as a new frontier for technology and humanity, but generative AI often perpetuates existing social harms.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
And until that changes, the answer to the only question that matters — who benefits? — will stay the same: not the flesh-and-blood people who make the work possible, but the corporations and startup profiteers who cash in on the churn.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
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Simon Hill, Wired News, 17 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, advancement of AI has emboldened corporate profiteers who have already extracted fortunes from government technology investment, and see orders of magnitude greater opportunities to sell tech products with AI.
—Bruce Schneier, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Artificial intelligence is billed by its profiteers as a new frontier for technology and humanity, but generative AI often perpetuates existing social harms.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
And until that changes, the answer to the only question that matters — who benefits? — will stay the same: not the flesh-and-blood people who make the work possible, but the corporations and startup profiteers who cash in on the churn.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiteer
Noun
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But the fake ads include the swindler’s contact information instead of the real landlord’s.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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This scam, according to Kent, could be proliferated with the use of AI, which can allow swindlers to enroll in many different college programs at once.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Others might feel the author cheats here, leaving it up to the reader to decide.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
11 Jan. 2026
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The movie follows a group of petty cheats, liars and drunks who are duped by nefarious opportunists who visit their crumbling town.—
John Penner,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Then, from there, a big question is how cheaters can be wrangled.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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None of this is technically aboveboard, but these dirty little cheaters are the entire heart and soul of this show right now.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
20 Jan. 2026
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Whether set in Jewish eastern Europe or New York’s Lower East Side, Shtok’s range is on full display, from gossipy melodramas and elegiac reveries to coming of age portraits of shtetl adolescents and immigrant hustlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Noah Segan) John Turturro stars as an aging New York hustler who struggles to adapt to an increasingly digital world in Noah Segan’s character study, which hails from executive producer Rian Johnson.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
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Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Actively inserting yourself into and attempting to stymie federal law enforcement or barging into a church, as some of these thugs did in Minneapolis, is hindering law enforcement and trespassing, respectively.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Almost all other passengers dine at the Britannia Restaurant, and there’s also a buffet restaurant serving international cuisine, with options for vegans, vegetarians and dairy dodgers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Jan. 2026
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But my collection intentionally ignored the fraudulent exploits of billionaire heirs, tax dodgers and corporate magnates — defense contracts, government lobbying, bank accounts in Switzerland, shell companies in Panama, citizenship of Antigua and political asylum in London.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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