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Profiteering Is Unfettered
The word profiteering is about unfairly making money. This is often because the people buying have no choice. So sometimes lenders are accused of profiteering. But if these people are only offer very high interest rates, we might say that the lenders are profiteered. Let's take a look at that one more time - let's have our next headline. It comes from the dependent b p laughing all the way to the bank with bumper profits,. While households face poverty, say campaigners. Have you got any other examples of profiteers a yet?
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