war profiteer
war profiteer · war profiteers
Kriegsgewinnler, Kriegsgewinnlerin, Kriegsprofiteur, Kriegsprofiteurin
A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and…A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
» Anyone who increases his wealth in time of war is a war profiteer.
Meaning
1 sensesA person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
Kriegsgewinnler, Kriegsgewinnlerin, Kriegsprofiteur
Examples
1 sentencesAnyone who increases his wealth in time of war is a war profiteer.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment:
Origin
Compound of war + profiteer.Compound of war + profiteer.
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Forms
plural: war profiteers| Singular | war profiteer |
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| Plural | war profiteers |
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