war profiteer

See also: warprofiteer

English

Etymology

Compound 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.
   • 2019 February 22, Julia Carrie Wong, quoting Microsoft workers, “‘We won't be war profiteers’: Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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”.

Related terms

• warmonger

Translations

person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment

• German: Kriegsgewinnler (de) m, Kriegsgewinnlerin (de) f, Kriegsprofiteur (de) m, Kriegsprofiteurin f
• Swedish: krigsprofitör c, gulaschbaron c

See also

• arms dealer, armsmaker, merchant of death

Further reading

• War is a Racket