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Person or company profiteering from war or conflict
More broadly profiteering, making a profit, criticized as excessive or unreasonable, also occurs in peacetime. An example of war profiteers were the shoddy
War_profiteering
2006 American film
deals with the alleged war profiteering and negligence of private contractors and consultants who went to Iraq as part of the US war effort. Specifically
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Iraq_for_Sale:_The_War_Profiteers
Act of making a profit by methods considered unethical
baby milk (see Nestlé boycott). Price fixing Price gouging War profiteering Profiteering is illegal in several countries, including but not limited to:
Profiteering
American punk rock band
the band released the album War Profiteering is Killing Us All, lyrics addressing the Bush administration, the Iraq War, and conservative political positions
The_Suicide_Machines
Season of television series
which was a form of war profiteering. Del Mar and his father, who own Global American Oil, are revealed to have also been war profiteers who should have been
Foyle's_War_series_8
Submarine builder for U.S. Navy
the B, C, D, E, K, L, M, N, AA-1, O, R, and S classes. During the World War I era, the company and its subsidiaries (notably the Electric Launch Company
General Dynamics Electric Boat
General_Dynamics_Electric_Boat
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
Isaac: International Jewish Arms Dealers, Blockade Runners, and Civil War Profiteers" (PDF). Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society. 15. Southern
American_Civil_War
American businessman (1856–1933)
faked serious illness and was released. Later, he was indicted for war profiteering and fraud. Morse was born in Bath, Maine, in 1856, the son of Benjamin
Charles_W._Morse
Season of television series
paper. It also deals with the looting of Jewish treasures and the war profiteering of British companies who continued trading with the Germans in contravention
Foyle's_War_series_2
American aerospace and defense corporation
The firm has been criticized for supplying and profiting from wars, including the war in Yemen where its missiles were found to be used for indiscriminate
Boeing
2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
eating. Local National Defense Forces commanders often engaged "in war profiteering through protection rackets, looting and organized crime". NDF members
Syrian_civil_war
American multinational oil and gas company
2024. Johnson, Jake (April 29, 2022). "'Big Oil is intentionally profiteering from the war': Exxon profits double after Putin's invasion". Salon. Retrieved
ExxonMobil
American politician (1875–1959)
Committee during World War II, famous for his role as chief architect of the Peacetime Selective Service Act. During the war, May revealed classified
Andrew_J._May
German photographer (1885–1957)
Hitler's rule. After the Second World War he was tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison for war profiteering. He was classified by the Allies' Art
Heinrich Hoffmann (photographer)
Heinrich_Hoffmann_(photographer)
Social movement opposed to armed conflicts
against wars and war profiteering on their return to civilian life.[citation needed] In 1924, Ernst Friedrich published Krieg dem Krieg! (War Against War!):
Anti-war_movement
Overview of and topical guide to war
memorial War memorial locomotive War Ministry War museum War novel War paint War photography War pig War pigeon War poet War profiteering War rape War referendum
Outline_of_war
2005 studio album by The Suicide Machines
War Profiteering Is Killing Us All is the sixth studio album by the Detroit, Michigan punk rock band The Suicide Machines, released in 2005 by SideOneDummy
War Profiteering Is Killing Us All
War_Profiteering_Is_Killing_Us_All
Interwar conflict in Turkey, 1919–1923
unconstitutional acts, war profiteering, and enrichment from ethnic cleansing and genocide by the Unionists soon became basis of war crimes trials and courts
Turkish_War_of_Independence
1937–1945 conflict in East Asia
inflation, and by corruption in the Nationalist government that included profiteering, speculation and hoarding. Large swathes of the prime farming areas had
Second_Sino-Japanese_War
1920s political scandal in the Weimar Republic
extent the German Centre Party, were implicated in acts of corruption, war profiteering, fraud, bribery, and other financial misconduct with German Jewish
Barmat_scandal
Land branch of the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War
and transport the rapidly-growing Union army, especially as fraud, war profiteering and political interference was rampant. Under the able leadership of
Union_army
American diplomat and political scientist (1937–2022)
designed to promote sympathy for war refugees in London. After the defeat of the Nazis in the European theatre of World War II and the collapse of Nazi Germany
Madeleine_Albright
Iranian famine under the Qajar dynasty
confiscation of foodstuffs by occupying armies, speculation, hoarding, war profiteering, and poor harvests. In November 1915, the price of one kharvar (100
Persian_famine_of_1917–1919
Georgian Dream conspiracy theory
accuse of war profiteering, pushing America and other countries into endless wars, and making financial profit from the Russo-Ukrainian War. Some commentators
Global_War_Party
to the end. It could explain setbacks by blaming scapegoats such as war profiteers, hoarders, defeatists, dissenters, pacifists, left-wing socialists,
Propaganda_in_World_War_I
American multinational food conglomerate
the Soviet Union. As World War I continued into 1917, Cargill reported record earnings and faced criticism for war profiteering. Four years later, as a fallout
Cargill
2004 film by Martin Scorsese
her house. The FBI searches his home for incriminating evidence of war profiteering, searching through his possessions. Brewster privately offers to drop
The_Aviator_(2004_film)
US federal government from 1861 to 1865
of power being centralized in Washington, extravagant spending, and war profiteering.[citation needed] Democratic candidates emphasized these fears. The
Union_(American_Civil_War)
Season of television series
Series 6 of the ITV programme Foyle's War was first aired in 2010, beginning Sunday 11 April. Comprising three episodes, it is set in the period from
Foyle's_War_series_6
2008–2020 Canadian shock website
website that exposes police brutality, government abuse of citizens, war profiteering and similar anti-people activities. So all I'm left with is porn. Worse
Best_Gore
States succeeding because the citizenry had fallen into moral decay, war profiteering, and isolationism. The film was later parodied on Mystery Science Theater
The Cold War in popular culture
The_Cold_War_in_popular_culture
industrial plans. Public rumors criticized corruption, the black market, and war profiteers; in 1917, it was estimated that 3,000 to 5,000 entrepreneurs and large
Russia_in_World_War_I
1955 film by Elia Kazan
When Cal presents the money to his father, Adam refuses it, claiming war profiteering is unethical; as the chairman of the draft board, he may be sending
East_of_Eden_(film)
monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as
1936 United States presidential election
1936_United_States_presidential_election
Japanese manga series
2026. At the end of the Reiwa era, Japan was hit by the effects of nuclear war around the world, resulting in an influx of refugees, followed by a deadly
Nippon_Sangoku
2023 Team Fortress 2 fan-film
and Pyro. Murneau kills Archibald after overhearing him confess to war profiteering with the respawn machines, then forces Ludwig and Soldier to play Russian
Emesis_Blue
Arthur (1929). Un grand profiteur de guerre sous la Révolution [A great war profiteer during the Revolution] (in French). Paris: G.-J. Ouvrard. Lachouque
Economic and logistical aspects of the Napoleonic Wars
Economic_and_logistical_aspects_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars
British television detective series (2002–2015)
profiteering, the black market and murder, and he is often called on to catch criminals who are taking advantage of the confusion created by the war.
Foyle's_War
Season of television series
The preparations for the celebration of VE Day in Hastings (including profiteering from the sale of flags and bunting) and the difficulties of returning
Foyle's_War_series_5
CEO of Pfizer (born 1961)
However his strategy of pricing during the pandemic has been called "war profiteering" by former CDC chief Tom Frieden. Following an interview with the BBC
Albert_Bourla
American multinational technology company
February 2019, hundreds of Microsoft employees protested the company's war profiteering from a $480 million contract to develop virtual reality headsets for
Microsoft
1985 film by Jonathan Lynn
Martin Mull as Colonel Mustard, an army officer guilty of war profiteering during World War II who later became involved in a top secret fusion bomb project
Clue_(film)
2003 studio album by The Suicide Machines
Suicide Machines chronology The Least Worst of the Suicide Machines (2002) A Match and Some Gasoline (2003) War Profiteering Is Killing Us All (2005)
A_Match_and_Some_Gasoline
American heiress (1861–1948)
Confederacy and became rich investing in railways (leading to claims of war profiteering). Wilson and his siblings were known in New York and Newport society
Carrie_Astor_Wilson
American businessman and diplomat (born 1957)
to 50% of the investment profits; critics have accused the U.S. of war profiteering as a result. Western officials observed that the proposal might serve
Steve_Witkoff
7th episode of the 1st season of Fallout
research, which could also provide unlimited energy. However, the war-profiteering conglomerate behind Vault-Tec shelved the project. She asks him to
The_Radio_(Fallout)
Home 15. Things Get Messy with Sally Jessy 16. Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department's Timesman won a Pulitzer 17. The People's Airwaves 18. Conclusion:
The_Exception_to_the_Rulers
Attempts to try war criminals following World War I
of Union and Progress leaders for subversion of the Constitution, war profiteering, and with what is now called genocide against both Greeks and Armenians
Prosecution of Ottoman war criminals after World War I
Prosecution_of_Ottoman_war_criminals_after_World_War_I
US Senate special committee (1941–48)
March 1941 to find and correct problems in US war production with waste, inefficiency, and war profiteering. The Truman Committee proved to be one of the
Truman_Committee
housing and fuel for the city. There was also a sense that hoarding and War profiteering were evils that citizens should organize to combat. Since coal mines
Paris_in_World_War_I
from their hiding places. To restore the financial system and root out war profiteers, Dutch bank accounts were temporarily frozen and new Dutch guilder banknotes
Netherlands_in_World_War_II
American politician and attorney (born 1940)
of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and supported punishment of war profiteering. On taxation, Leahy has consistently supported progressive rates. He
Patrick_Leahy
2011 film by Guy Ritchie
the Professor acquired shares in multiple war profiteering companies and intends to instigate a world war to make himself a fortune. Watson uses a cannon
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock_Holmes:_A_Game_of_Shadows
the war. The country, at least certain sections of it, did so well that it has been open to the accusation of profiteering from the war. After the war there
Denmark_in_World_War_II
Famine in British India during World War II
control law would not be enforced except in the most egregious cases of war profiteering. This easing of restrictions plus the ban on exports created about
Bengal_famine_of_1943
German merchant (1847–1911)
accumulated his vast fortunes from exploitation and war profiteering, particularly during the Herero Wars. When the Herero uprising broke out in German South
Adolph_Woermann
officer. However, behind his medals of honor are rumors of treason and war profiteering, which he has been paying someone to hide for far too long. Believing
List_of_Cluedo_characters
London between 1939 and 1945
being introduced in November 1939. Shopkeepers who were thought to be war profiteering by unduly raising their prices were liable to cause public outcry,
London_in_World_War_II
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)
civil war had a devastating impact on the Russian economy. A black market emerged in Russia, despite the threat of martial law against profiteering. The
Russian_Civil_War
United States Marine Corps officer, author, and lecturer (1881–1940)
years, Butler became widely known for his outspoken lectures against war profiteering, U.S. military adventurism, and what he viewed as nascent fascism in
Smedley_Butler
Tax on monopoly profits
perverse incentives to engage in war profiteering. In history, excess profit taxes were imposed during times of war as war requires an excess amount of money
Excess_profits_tax
American businessman
and his company of price gouging and "engaging in the worst form of war profiteering." A longtime major Republican fundraiser and active behind the scenes
Harry_Sargeant_III
Croatian politician (born 1953)
2018, Sanader was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for war profiteering and ordered to return $570,000 in kickbacks from Hypo Bank. In November
Ivo_Sanader
Global inflation following the COVID-19 pandemic
October, U.S. President Joe Biden accused the oil and gas sector of "war profiteering" and threatened to seek a windfall profit tax if the industry did not
2021–2023_inflation_surge
American filmmaker
United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense regarding war profiteering on May 10, 2007. In 2013, Greenwald went to Capitol Hill once again
Robert_Greenwald
Music genre from Serbia
xenophobia. In addition to making a connection between turbofolk and "war profiteering, crime & weapons cult, rule of force and violence", in her book Smrtonosni
Turbo-folk
camps servicing German state projects of Organization Schmelt, and the war profiteering Nazi companies controlled by SS-WVHA and Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD)
German camps in occupied Poland during World War II
German_camps_in_occupied_Poland_during_World_War_II
Concept in military and political science
National security state Private military company Rostec Upward Spiral War profiteering Literature and media The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday
Military–industrial_complex
were New York bankers (such as J. P. Morgan) with millions at risk, profiteering munition makers (such as Bethlehem Steel, which made armor, and DuPont
United_States_in_World_War_I
"Shoddy" millionaires was a derogatory term for the war profiteers in the North during the American Civil War. Allegedly, they supplied the Union army with
Shoddy_millionaires
1640–1668 war between Portugal and Spain
contraband, profiteering, disorder, and destruction that had become rampant on the frontier. Similar conditions also existed among the Portuguese. The war was
Portuguese_Restoration_War
British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)
accusing him of war profiteering. Rathenau's appeal made no impression, and Chamberlain continued to accuse Rathenau of war profiteering right until he
Houston_Stewart_Chamberlain
February 2019, some of Microsoft's employees protested the company's war profiteering from a $480 million contract to develop augmented reality headsets
Criticism_of_Microsoft
Chinese businesswoman (1889–1973); wife of H. H. Kung
years of the war, Soong Ai-ling, her husband, and her children were accused of graft, corruption, black-marketing and war profiteering. In 1944, her
Soong_Ai-ling
Book by William Bradford Huie
(prostitution itself being legal at the time). As the war progresses, Stover becomes a war profiteer, coming to control property, accumulating vast wealth
The_Revolt_of_Mamie_Stover
English businessman (1866-1931)
£14 10s in 1918 (having originally been worth 6d each). This blatant war profiteering was investigated by a parliamentary select committee in 1918 and an
Trevor_Dawson
contract to develop VR headsets for the United States Army, calling it war profiteering. On March 26, 2020, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Affirmed Networks
History_of_Microsoft
American politician (1908–1957)
against La Follette. The suggestion that La Follette had been guilty of war profiteering was deeply damaging, and McCarthy won the primary nomination 207,935
Joseph_McCarthy
American actor and director (born 1957)
John Buscemi. His father was a sanitation worker and served in the Korean War, and his mother was a hostess at Howard Johnson's. Buscemi's paternal ancestors
Steve_Buscemi
Syrian luxury hotel
2019, due to US sanctions on Foz. The US government accused Foz of war-profiteering and doing business with the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad. The
Four_Seasons_Hotel_Damascus
American aviator (1902–1974)
one of the warring sides to overcome the other, then why mislead ourselves by talk of neutrality?" He equated assistance with war profiteering: "To those
Charles_Lindbergh
profiteering and—strikingly—Cemal's preference for spending scarce funds on public works and the restoration of historic monuments. During the war, Britain
Ottoman_Empire_in_World_War_I
Chancellor of Germany from 1932 to 1933
During the Battle of Verdun, he wrote a manuscript criticising war profiteering in certain industrial sectors, causing a sensation and earning him the
Kurt_von_Schleicher
Post–World War II war crimes trials
Interior in the Tojo cabinet. Yoshio Kodama: A radical ultranationalist. War profiteer, smuggler and underground crime boss. Ryōichi Sasakawa: Ultranationalist
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East
of its exports to Germany instead of overseas nations. Widespread war profiteering took place, but commerce also suffered significant disruption because
History_of_Denmark
British television espionage thriller series
her assistant. The new government enters into a mining deal with an Australian enterprise. Will Deep State survive and continue its war profiteering?
Deep_State_(TV_series)
Conflict between the Mussolini regime and anti-fascists (1943–1945)
The Italian Civil War (Italian: Guerra civile italiana, pronounced [ˈɡwɛrra tʃiˈviːle itaˈljaːna]) was a civil war in the Kingdom of Italy fought during
Italian_Civil_War
2020 studio album by The Suicide Machines
Wreck Chords. It's the band's first album in 15 years, since 2005's War Profiteering Is Killing Us All. The album was positively reviewed. New Noise Magazine
Revolution_Spring
2010 novel by Jonathan Franzen
neoconservative father. He secures a well-paid job with Kenny Bartles, an Iraq War-profiteering entrepreneur, and signs a subcontract to procure truck parts for Bartles’s
Freedom_(Franzen_novel)
Isaac: International Jewish Arms Dealers, Blockade Runners, and Civil War Profiteers" (PDF). Journal of the Southern Jewish Historical Society. 15. Southern
United Kingdom and the American Civil War
United_Kingdom_and_the_American_Civil_War
Heavy machine gun
prosecution for war profiteering due to the exorbitant price demanded for each gun. As a result, the price was much reduced. As the war progressed, and
Vickers_machine_gun
History of Switzerland from 1914 to 1918 and 1939 to 1945
accessed February 4, 2009 Lubrich, Naomi (2021). Passports, Profiteers, Police: A Swiss War Secret (in German and English). Basel: edition clandestin.
Switzerland during World War I and World War II
Switzerland_during_World_War_I_and_World_War_II
Far-right political party in Germany (1920–1945)
being a Jewish-dominated movement and denounced capitalists for war profiteering in World War I. Drexler saw the political violence and instability in Germany
Nazi_Party
Russian rave band
Cancellation", which carries a pacifist, anti-war message, characterizing it as a war of war profiteering old men, a chess game with soldiers as chess
Little_Big
German industrial designer
Molsheim. Following Germany's defeat in 1945, he was interned as a war profiteer by the French authorities for three years, until 1949.[citation needed]
Hans_Trippel
1955–1958 sociopolitical change in Cuba
and civil society levels. Batista and his administration engaged in profiteering from the lottery as well as illegal gambling. Corruption further flourished
Cuban_Revolution
warmongers were New York bankers (like J. P. Morgan) with millions at risk, profiteering munition makers (like Bethlehem Steel, which made armor, and DuPont,
American entry into World War I
American_entry_into_World_War_I
American foreign policy scholar (born 1955)
War, Daddy?: A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration. Nation Books. pp. 145–. ISBN 978-1-56025-561-1. Prophets of War:
William_D._Hartung
US Army augmented reality headset
Microsoft to cancel the contract, saying that they "didn't want to become war profiteers". The petition stated that Microsoft had misled its engineers on how
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Integrated_Visual_Augmentation_System
American filmmaker (born 1946)
(January 10, 2025). Oliver Stone & Peter Kuznick: War Profiteering, Nuclear Tech, NATO v. Russia, & War With Iran. Retrieved January 11, 2025 – via YouTube
Oliver_Stone
WAR PROFITEERING
WAR PROFITEERING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river (Old English wær, wer), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Ware in Hertfordshire.English : nickname for a cautious person, from Middle English war(e) ‘wary’, ‘prudent’ (Old English (ge)wær).English : Robert Ware came to Dedham, MA, from England in or before 1642. Henry Ware (1764–1845), born in Sherborn, MA, was a Unitarian clergyman and theologian and father of the physician John Ware (b. 1795) and two clergymen, Henry (b. 1794) and William (b. 1797).
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Henry IV, Part 2' Thomas Wart, a country soldier.
Male
English
 English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English weard, WARD means "guard, watchman."Â
Male
Hebrew
(בַּר) Hebrew name DAR means both "mother-of-pearl" and "marble."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Zar - gold, Masta - excited
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly southern)
English (chiefly southern) : topographic name for someone who lived near a road or path, Old English weg (cognate with Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg), or a habitational name from some minor place named with this word, as for example any of the places called Way or Waye, in Devon.
Surname or Lastname
Variant spelling of German and Jewish Wachs.English
Variant spelling of German and Jewish Wachs.English : metonymic occupational name for a seller or gatherer of beeswax, Middle English wax (from Old English weax). In the Middle Ages wax was an important commodity, used among other things for making candles.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Zar - Gold; Mina - Love
Male
French
French and Spanish form of Roman Latin Cæsar, CÉSAR means "severed."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Zar - Gold; Masta - Excited
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Warne.German : from a short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with war(in) ‘guard’ as the first element.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumbria)
English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived by the Wear river in northern England. The river name is ancient, occuring in the form Vedra in Ptolemy’s Geographia; it is probably a Celtic word meaning ‘water’.English (Northumbria) : topographic name for someone who lived near a dam or weir, a variant spelling of Ware 1, or a habitational name from a place called Weare, in Devon and Somerset, from Old English wær, wer ‘weir’.
Male
Egyptian
, a priest of the god Har-hut of Edfu.
Boy/Male
Indian
Light bringer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Old English weard ‘guard’ (used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).Irish : reduced form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.Surname adopted by bearers of the Jewish surname Warshawski, Warshawsky or some other Jewish name bearing some similarity to the English name.Americanized form of French Guerin.The surname Ward was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652), author of the MA legal code, was born in Haverhill, Suffolk, England, and emigrated to Agawam (Ipswich, MA) in 1633. William Ward was one of the original settlers of Sudbury, MA, in about 1638. Miles Ward came from England to Salem, MA, in about 1639. Thomas Ward (d. 1689) settled in Newport, RI, in 1671; among his descendants were two governors of colonial RI.
Boy/Male
British, English
Wary
Male
English
Old pet form of English Walter, WAT means "ruler of the army."
Male
Icelandic
Icelandic form of Old Norse Ãvarr, ÃVAR means "bow warrior."Â
Girl/Female
Muslim
Zar - gold, Mina - Love
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : nickname for a soldier or for a belligerent person, from Old French (de la) werre, (de la) guerre ‘(of the) war’. Compare Delaware.
WAR PROFITEERING
WAR PROFITEERING
Boy/Male
British, English
Place Name; Near the Oak Trees
Boy/Male
Indian
Servant of the forbearing one, Servant of the patient one
Girl/Female
German
Active.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dhanusri | தநà¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€, தநà¯à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â Â
The bow or name of a Hindu Rashi sagittarius
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Refuge or Nest
Boy/Male
Hungarian
God judges.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Ladylike
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Lotus Water lily
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Balm
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly northern Ireland)
English (mainly northern Ireland) : variant of Stenson 1.
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WAR PROFITEERING
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WAR PROFITEERING
WAR PROFITEERING
v. t.
To make war upon; to fight.
n.
A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.
a.
Ware; aware.
n.
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
n.
The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.
superl.
Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.
v. t.
To make ware; to warn; to take heed of; to beware of; to guard against.
n.
To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate.
v. i.
To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.
n.
Instruments of war.
v.
The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.
n.
A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity.
v. t.
To smear with tar, or as with tar; as, to tar ropes; to tar cloth.
a.
Aware; wary.
v. t.
To ward off.
v. i.
To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.
n.
The profession of arms; the art of war.
a.
A ware; taking notice; hence, wary; cautious; on one's guard. See Beware.
v. t.
To wear, or veer. See Wear.
v. t.
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.