HyperDic: military-industrial_complex

English > 1 sense of the expression military-industrial complex:
NOUNgroupmilitary-industrial complexa country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment
English > military-industrial complex: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment.
Example"we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"--Dwight David Eisenhower
Broadervested interestgroups that seek to control a social ... / social system or activity from which they derive private benefit

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