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☆ military-industrial complex (-in dus′trē əl)

the U.S. military establishment and those industries producing military materiel, viewed as together exerting a powerful influence on foreign and economic policy

Etymology: first used by President Eisenhower in his farewell address (1961)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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