Etymology

profiteer

P3R1O1F4I1T1E1E1R1

Today it means: One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker. Full definition →

First used since ca. 1915
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From profit + -eer.

First known use, by meaning

  • since ca. 1915 To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.