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profiteer a person who makes excessive profits, esp by charging exorbitant prices for goods in short supply How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| There will be no impeachment, we're told, though maybe a bit more oversight of Halliburton-style war profiteering. We hear the soldiers discuss war profiteering, noting that Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) is charging $28 a plate for each meal served to them. Allegations of fraud and abuse in Iraq and in Hurricane Katrina contracting will come in for scrutiny, as will allegations of war profiteering by corporations. |
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