war profiteer

See also: warprofiteer

English

Compound of war +‎ profiteer.

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:
  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”.

person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment

German: Kriegsgewinnler (de) m, Kriegsgewinnlerin (de) f, Kriegsprofiteur m, Kriegsprofiteurin f

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