"blood diamond" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blood diamonds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blood diamond (plural blood diamonds)
  1. A diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict. Wikipedia link: blood diamond Categories (topical): Carbon, Corruption, Crime, Violence, War Synonyms: conflict diamond Translations (1. a diamond that has been mined in a war zone and sold in order to finance the conflict): bloeddiamant (Afrikaans), bloeddiamant [masculine] (Dutch), conflictdiamant [masculine] (Dutch), veritimantti (Finnish), Blutdiamant [masculine] (German), bloddiamanter (Norwegian), diamante de sangre [masculine] (Spanish), konfliktdiamant (Swedish), kanlı elmas (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-blood_diamond-en-noun-y8hdcnCC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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