blood diamond

English

Noun

blood diamond (plural blood diamonds)

A diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A diamond that has been illegally mined by criminals and sold on the black market.

Translations

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

Afrikaans: bloeddiamant (af)
Dutch: bloeddiamant (nl) m, conflictdiamant m
German: Blutdiamant (de) m
Norwegian: bloddiamanter
Swedish: konfliktdiamant

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