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Recent Examples of profiteer
Maintaining the 'European path to peace/victory' only enriches war profiteers and neglects both sides' requests for security.
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Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Joshua Sammons, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for profiteer
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The decade ended tumultuously, with the Osmond family’s fortune drained by a series of swindlers and grifters.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
21 Apr. 2026
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The New York Times later reported that Bankman-Fried was placed in solitary confinement because the crypto swindler violated the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ rules.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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The cheat gets his comeuppance.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Topbag Travel Duffel Bag Bags like this one are my carry-on-only cheat code for extra storage.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, teachers and schools fretting over students using artificial intelligence to complete their assignments are turning to AI detectors to catch would-be cheaters.—
Nathan Agranovsky,
Washington Post,
13 Apr. 2026
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If the issues in high school sports are ever going to be fixed, then cheaters need to be exposed.—
Eric Sondheimer
Columnist
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Isa was born in London in 1999, where her dad had joined the show for the last portion of its West End run, eventually taking over the role of the hustler-pimp the Engineer, a half-Asian character originally played by white men like Jonathan Pryce.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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The show was based on Guy Ritchie's 2000 heist film of the same name, with Westwick starring as hustler Sonny Castillo.—
Rachel DeSantis,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Apr. 2026
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He’s beaten by thugs with a crowbar for an unfortunate outburst, exploited by neighbors in the council estate and arrested, all because people don’t understand Tourette syndrome.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Mayor vows to catch 'thugs who did this' Baton Rouge Mayor Sid Edwards promised that law enforcement will catch the people responsible for the violence at the mall.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine faces severe personnel shortages with around 200,000 military desertions and 2 million draft-dodgers, threatening its ability to sustain the war against Russia’s 2022 invasion.—
Kirsten Grieshaber,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 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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“Profiteer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profiteer. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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