VERB
使(企業)發財;使(利潤)增長;為…牟利
If you say that someone is fattening something such as a business or its profits, you mean that they are increasing the value of the business or its profits, in a way that you disapprove of.
例句
They have kept the price of sugar artificially high and so fattened the company's profits.
他們一直人為地使糖的價格居高不下，以此為公司牟利。