arms deal

noun

: an agreement to buy or sell weapons

an arms deal between two countries

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Over in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, pledging an arms deal worth 650 million euros with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. —

Leonie Kidd; Head Of Tv News, Emea, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024 The arms deal became one of South Africa’s biggest political scandals and was clouded in corruption allegations. —

Gerald Imray, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024 One of the president’s goals for the trip was to conclude a massive arms deal with the Saudi regime, in part to burnish his image as a deal maker, and in part to create jobs in America. —

William Hartung, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 Colin Farrell plays Oz’s big soapbox moment like a kabuki version of an undercover midnight drug or arms deal scene from Miami Vice — hamming it up and steely-eyed steaming it up in equal measure. —

Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for arms deal