conflict diamond

noun

: blood diamond

Full-page newspaper advertisements detailed the measures diamond producers have taken to end the flow of conflict diamonds.

—Simon Robinson, Time, 27 Nov. 2006

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

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