war profiteer
See also: warprofiteer
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war profiteer (plural war profiteers)
- A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
- 2019 February 22, Julia Carrie Wong, quoting Microsoft workers, “‘We won't be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Microsoft workers are calling on their employer to cancel a $480m contract to provide the US army with augmented reality (AR) headsets, saying they “do not want to become war profiteers”.
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person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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