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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As food supplies dwindled, complaints against profiteering became more vociferous.
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The emergency government brought in a special law to prevent hoarding and profiteering .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He denies there is any profiteering .
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Merchants who bought food in surplus areas for sale in drought districts were shot for profiteering .
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Real fans, they say, need protecting; profiteering must be stopped.