profiteer
1. [ verb ] make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
Related terms: profit
2. [ noun ] (business) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
Related terms: capitalist
Similar spelling:   profit
  Profitt
  Proffit
  Proffitt
  profit_taker
  Privitera
  profitable
  privateer
  profits
  Previte
  prefatory
  profitless
  profitably
  propitiate
  probity
  prefatorial