Definition of "profited" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of profit. (verb)

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• "In recent years, liberalism has profited from the impasse."
• "December 8th, 2009 4: 06 pm ET those that OK ` ed the leases, drilling rights, etc. and those that profited from the "mismanagement" should pay."
• "Avukart Halil Dogru, a former SPK employee and a managing partner of Dogru Hukuk, an Istanbul-based financial-law firm, said the regulator would probably study Mobius's trading positions to see if he profited from the decline, but would have to prove the fund manager intentionally "diverted from the truth" in order to successfully prosecute the case."