blood diamond

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Noun

blood diamond (plural blood diamonds)

1. A diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict.

   Synonym: conflict diamond

   • 2011 July 11, Erin Banco, “Is Your Cell Phone Fueling Civil War in Congo?”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     Several certification systems already exist throughout the world. The Kimberly Process certifies the origin of rough diamonds from areas that have conflict-free diamond production. The process aims to prevent “blood diamonds.”

Translations

1. a diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict

• Afrikaans: bloeddiamant (af)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bloeddiamant (nl) m, conflictdiamant (nl) m
• Finnish: veritimantti (fi)
• French: diamant de conflit m
• German: Blutdiamant (de) m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: bloddiamanter
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: diamante de sangre m
• Swedish: konfliktdiamant
• Turkish: kanlı elmas