All 7 Uses of
profiteer
in
Gone with the Wind
- The full tide of fury against those profiteering on government contracts had not yet risen, and Rhett's words were taken merely as evidence of his own bad breeding.†
Chpt 2.12
- The doctor's letter was the first of a chorus of indignation that was beginning to be heard all over the South against speculators, profiteers and holders of government contracts.†
Chpt 2.13
- It was a situation made to order for speculators and profiteers, and men were not lacking to take advantage of it.†
Chpt 2.16 *
- But Captain Butler says he doesn't know anything…… Dr. Meade says they ought to hang him anyhow, only hanging is too good for a thief and a profiteer— Dear, you look so oddly!†
Chpt 4.33
- Shouldering the shell-pitted houses patched with bits of old lumber and smoke-blackened bricks, the fine homes of the Carpetbaggers and war profiteers were rising, with mansard roofs, gables and turrets, stained-glass windows and wide lawns.†
Chpt 4.37
- His insolence is monumental and his shamelessness about his profiteering makes me boil.†
Chpt 4.46
- It's just the kind of house a profiteer would build.†
Chpt 5.49
Definition:
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(profiteer) someone who makes excessive profit -- especially on goods in short supply