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The following 2 entries include the term industrial complex.
military-industrial complex
noun: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy
prison industrial complex
noun: the profit-driven relationship between the government, the private companies that build, manage, supply, and service prisons, and related groups (such as prison industry unions and lobbyists) regarded as the cause of increased incarceration rates especially of poor people and minorities and often for nonviolent crimes
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