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A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Compound of war + profiteer.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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German:
Kriegsgewinnler
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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German:
Kriegsgewinnlerin
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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German:
Kriegsprofiteur
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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German:
Kriegsprofiteurin
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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Polish:
spekulant wojenny
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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Polish:
spekulantka wojenna
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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Swedish:
krigsprofitör
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment
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Swedish:
gulaschbaron
— person or group that gains from selling weapons and military equipment