暴利 (bào lì) — excessive profits; windfall profits (often obtained through illegal or unethical means)
Definition
暴利 refers to excessive, often illegal or unethical profits (e.g. from price gouging or monopoly). Unlike 盈利 (any financial profit), 暴利 specifically implies the gain is unreasonably large and usually illegitimate.
noun
excessive profitswindfall profits (often obtained through illegal or unethical means)
Easily confused
Examples
- 暴利。Tā tōng guò lǒng duàn shì chǎng huò qǔ le jù é bào lì.He obtained huge excessive profits by monopolizing the market.
- 暴利。Zhè zhǒng bào lì shì jiàn lì zài sǔn hài xiāo fèi zhě lì yì de jī chǔ shàng de.This kind of excessive profit is built on harming consumers' interests.
- 暴利。Zhèng fǔ chū tái zhèng cè dǎ jī fēi fǎ bào lì.The government introduced policies to crack down on illegal excessive profits.
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