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profiteering, vbl. n.|prɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1 (see note).]
The action or fact of seeking to make an excessive profit, as by providing necessities at extortionate prices. Also attrib.
Quot. 1814 is apparently an independent and isolated formation. The word was revived in the early twentieth century by A. R. Orage and others.
1814Guernsey Star & Gaz. in New Age (1919) 21 Aug. 278/2 The extortionate profiteering that is being practised by the tradesmen in the public market. 1914New Age 27 Aug. 391/2 England is at war upon profiteering. Ibid. 15 Oct. 561/2 The profiteering braggadocio..of ‘City Man’ and his confederates. 1919Act 9 & 10 Geo. V c. 66 (title) An act to check profiteering. Ibid. §8 This Act may be cited as the Profiteering Act, 1919. 1922W. J. Locke Tale of Triona vi. 56 ‘A dog and a rose and a glass of wine,’ said she, ‘are a woman's due for amusing a man. But a motor-car is profiteering.’ 1939A. Thirkell Before Lunch xii. 307 He said he'd take a hundred more for it than he gave. No, no, I said... No profiteering. I'll give what you gave. 1976F. Zweig New Acquisitive Society ii. v. 112 Profiteering could also cover excessive or illegitimate rents. 1978P. Boardman Worlds of Patrick Geddes ix. 307 The mainsprings of the Financial Age were..the perfection of profiteering-techniques. |