profiteering
noun
- The act of taking excessive profits, be a pirate
Wiktionary
noun
- The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.
“war profiteering”
“Pfizer has made nearly $26bn (£21bn) in revenues in the first three months of the year, the bulk from its Covid-19 vaccine and new pill to treat the virus, prompting fresh accusations of pandemic profiteering.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of profiteer