[no obj.]make or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market (尤指从事非法或黑市交易)牟取暴利,获得暴利;投机 [as noun profiteering]seven food merchants were charged with profiteering. 七名食品商被指控牟取暴利。
noun
a person who profiteers 投机商,奸商;牟取暴利者 a war profiteer. 一名战时投机商。