# profiteering

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #48,426

## Definitions
1. The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.

## Common misspellings (18)
`porfiteering`, `pprofiteering`, `prfoiteering`, `proffiteering`, `profietering`, `profiteeirng`, `profiteerign`, `profiteeringg`, `profiteerinng`, `profiteernig`, `profiteerring`, `profitereing`, `profitering`, `profitteering`, `proftieering`, `proifteering`, `prrofiteering`, `rpofiteering`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/profiteering