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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- German family of steel and munitions manufacturers, including Friedrich (1787–1826), who founded the Krupp Works in Essen (1811), and his son Alfred (1812–1887), who there began the production of ordnance (c. 1847). Alfred's granddaughter Bertha (1886–1957) and her husband Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1870–1950) were important in the secret rearming of Germany after World War I.
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- noun German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826)
- noun German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp; his firm provided ordnance for German armies from the 1840s through World War II (1812-1887)
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We checked with Dr. Edwin Krupp, director of LA’s Griffith Observatory – who also happens to be an expert on the Mayan calendar – and he assured us that the Earth will continue going about its business despite what you’ll be seeing on movie screens when 2012 opens (Nov. 13).
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It is called the Krupp ring and it was owned by the Vera Krupp, the German munitions, German munitions people who helped knock off millions of Jews.
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It is called -- there's a story behind it -- it's called the Krupp ring, and it was owned by the Vera Krupp, the German -- the munitions people who helped knock off millions of Jews.
CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Elizabeth Taylor Discusses Her Life and Career - January 15, 2001 2001
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This gun is provided with various kinds of projectiles, the ones usually carried being shell, shrapnel and cannister, and are known as Krupp prepared ammunition, which can be used in the same manner as an ordinary rifle cartridge.
The Battle of Bayan and Other Battles John J. Reidy
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That 33-carat diamond ring, once called the Krupp and later named after its new owner and which sold for an eye-popping $8.8 million, was an everyday piece for a woman whose everyday life had been tabloid fodder since childhood.
NYT > Home Page By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 2011
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Elizabeth Taylor Diamond, formerly known as the Krupp Diamond.
NYDN Rss GINA SALAMONE 2011
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That 33-carat diamond ring, once called the Krupp and later named after its new owner and which sold for an eye-popping $8.8 million, was an everyday piece for a woman whose everyday life had been tabloid fodder since childhood.
NYT > Home Page By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 2011
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That 33-carat diamond ring, once called the Krupp and later named after its new owner and which sold for an eye-popping $8.8 million, was an everyday piece for a woman whose everyday life had been tabloid fodder since childhood.
NYT > Global Home By CHARLES ISHERWOOD 2011
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While Nazism and Japanese militarism were the political spearheads of WW2, the economic impetus was provided by corporations such as Krupp which used concentration camp labor and Mitsubishi, as well as pro-Nazi American businesses.
"District 9" and UHC Steven Barnes 2009
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Lex Krupp, authorizing the transfer of all Bertha's shares to Alfried, giving him the name "Krupp" and dispossessing his siblings.
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