profit monger
profit monger · profit mongers
A person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greedA person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greed.
Meaning
1 sensesA person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greed.
Lawyers are considered to be profit mongers when the law is treated as a trade secret and the public process as a business owned and operated by the legal profession.
Origin
From profit + monger.From profit + monger.
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Forms
plural: profit mongers| Singular | profit monger |
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See also
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