Sentences with 'profited'
Example sentences and phrases with the word profited and other words derived from it.
• « Of all social classes, bankers in particular were despised by traditional elites as they not only produced nothing themselves, but (apparently) profited from the wealth of others. »
• « Madison considered Hamilton's plan immoral and offensive. He argued that it handed the reins of government to a class of speculators who profited at the expense of working citizens. »
• « Northern business elites, many of whom owned or had invested in businesses such as cotton mills that profited from slave labour, tended to view the institution of slavery with ambivalence. »