war profiteer
nounEtymology Compound of war + profiteer.
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:
- Related terms
- warmonger, arms dealer, armsmaker, merchant of death