Definitions of profiteer

1. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods

2. someone who makes excessive profit ( especially on goods in short supply)

3. Profitless.

4. One who takes unfair advantage of an economic situation such as war brings about to make undue profits, as in steel, meat, wheat, sugar, cotton, munitions, or other necessities.

5. To make excessive profits in business.

6. One given to profiteering.