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warprofiteer

warprofiteer is the rare spelling of war profiteer.

Meaning of war profiteer

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 warprofiteer

pluralwarprofiteers

Questions about warprofiteer

What is warprofiteer the rare spelling of?
Warprofiteer is the rare spelling of war profiteer.

Words near warprofiteer in the dictionary

  1. warplanes
  2. warple
  3. warpless
  4. warplike
  5. warpower
  6. warprofiteer
  7. warprofiteers
  8. warproof
  9. warps
  10. warps and wefts
  11. warps and woofs

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