Action, legislation, or policy designed to prevent or stop profiteering, which is the practice of making excessive profits especially during emergencies or crises.
From anti- (against) + profiteering (excessive profit-making). Profiteering gained negative connotations during WWI when merchants raised prices drastically; antiprofiteering emerged as both a policy concept and political movement.
During COVID-19, governments used antiprofiteering laws to prevent companies from raising prices on essential items like masks and ventilators—it's a word that appears exactly when markets threaten human survival.
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