how to pronounce profiteer

/ˌpɹɑːfəˈtɪɹ/

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profiteer is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of profiteer in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… private prisons profiteer off of federal …”

meanings of profiteer

noun:

One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent seeker.

verb:

To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

profiteer frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word profiteer occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics profiteer can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that profiteer can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;