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war profiteer

war profiteer noun: a person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.

war profiteer: a person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military...
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Noun

war profiteer (plural war profiteers)

  1. A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
    • 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”.2019 February 22, Julia Carrie Wong, quoting Microsoft workers, “‘We won't be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract”, in The Guardian

Forms of war profiteer

pluralwar profiteers

Origin of war profiteer

Compound of war + profiteer.

Questions about war profiteer

What does war profiteer mean?
War profiteer means a person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
What part of speech is war profiteer?
War profiteer is a noun.
What is the plural of war profiteer?
The plural of war profiteer is war profiteers.

Words near war profiteer in the dictionary

  1. war paint
  2. war paints
  3. war parties
  4. war party
  5. war porn
  6. war profiteer
  7. war profiteers
  8. war reparations
  9. war room
  10. war rooms
  11. war sand

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