Sentence examples for is profiteering from inspiring English sources
verb
Present participle of profiteer
Scrutinized by critics claiming it is profiteering from war, Halliburton has reluctantly admitted to overcharging the Pentagon for services like food preparation and gasoline delivery for American troops.
They suggested that charging high prices for a medicine needed to keep someone alive is profiteering, akin to jacking up the prices of essential goods after a natural disaster.
The perception that the drug industry is profiteering at the expense of the American consumer has given pharmaceutical firms a reputation on a par with that of cigarette manufacturers.
Tonight BA denied allegations it is profiteering by putting the seats on sale and said it was unavoidable because of the technicalities of its booking system and that the tickets could be reserved by stranded passengers for free.
The subject, Julian Assange, disowns it, claiming in a statement on the Wikileaks website that his publisher, Canongate, is "profiteering from an unfinished and erroneous draft" which was never intended for publication, but was handed over "for viewing purposes only".
The editorial board of the Times has pronounced them much too high; Marcia Angell calls them "intolerable". The perception that the drug industry is profiteering at the expense of the American consumer has given pharmaceutical firms a reputation on a par with that of cigarette manufacturers.
But the convention was losing sponsors and participants right up to its opening day because of accusations from other Tea Party groups that Tea Party Nation, which is unapologetically for-profit, was profiteering.
Many are already figuring out how to profit from events -- all the while taking pains not to look as though they are profiteering.
But he may simply be profiteering from a flawed and creaky legal system.
Michael Roberts, its chief executive, said: "We flatly reject the unfounded accusation that train companies are profiteering".
Clearly agencies are profiteering and regulation needs to be ramped up".
