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Meaning of war profiteer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.

Equivalents

Deutsch Kriegsgewinnler Kriegsgewinnlerin Kriegsprofiteur Kriegsprofiteurin

Examples

“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”.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

war reparations war room war sand war shirt war siu gai war story

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