profiteerPronunciation: /prɒfɪˈtɪə/Translate profiteer | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of profiteer verb [no object] (often as noun profiteering) make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally:seven food merchants were charged with profiteering noun a person who profiteers: a war profiteerprofiteer in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of profiteer in the US English dictionary