Definitions
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- noun Acting as a
prophet in order to obtainmoney ; making profit fromprophecy .
Etymologies
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A punning blend of prophet and profiteering
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Examples
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Adu-lterous preachers, "propheteering/ profiteering" evangelicals and atonement theology.
CNN.com 2010
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Adu-lterous preachers, "propheteering/ profiteering" evangelicals and atonement theology, 4. Mohammed was an illiterate, womanizing, lust and greed-driven, warmongering, hallucinating Arab, who also had embellishing/hallucinating/plagiarizing scribal biographers who not only added "angels" and flying chariots to the koran but also a militaristic agenda to support the plundering and looting of the lands of non-believers.
CNN.com 2010
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