supply arms

Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words

To provide weapons to a person, group, or country.

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Examples (10)

  • He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists.
  • The United Nations imposed a ban on supplying arms to the region.
  • Several foreign powers secretly supplied arms to the resistance movement during the war.
  • It is an international crime to supply arms to the rogue state.
  • The government has officially denied that it will supply arms to either side of the conflict.
  • That criminal network has been supplying arms to gangs for over a decade.
  • The controversial decision to supply arms to the rebels was debated for weeks.
  • Intelligence reports uncovered a complex operation designed to supply arms across the border.
  • Can the prosecution prove which company illegally supplied the arms?
  • The investigation revealed that the corporation was supplying arms through various front companies.