war profiteer

Compound of war +‎ profiteer.

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:

     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”.

• warmonger

• arms dealer, armsmaker, merchant of death

• War is a Racket