Noun
industrial complex (plural industrial complexes)
A large factory or a concentration of industry in a limited geographical area.
the Ruhr industrial complex
(usually in compounds) A network of entwined interests between individuals and institutions in the private sector and the public sector resulting in coordination in order to achieve mutually beneficial results, especially to the detriment of broader society.
The individuals and institutions in such a relationship.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI have lived in the United States and I know the might of their industrial complex. The United States is a sleeping giant and I am afraid that our attack has awakened it. Chuichi Nagumo
Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse. Cornel West
Critiques of the prison industrial complex undertaken by abolitionist activists and scholars are very much linked to critiques of the global persistence of racism. Antiracist and other social justice movements are incomplete with attention to the politics of imprisonment. Angela Davis
The notion of a prison industrial complex insists on understandings of the punishment process that take into account economic and political structures and ideologies, rather than focusing myopically on the individual criminal conduct and efforts to "curb crime." Angela Davis
The prison industrial complex is much more than the sum of all the jails and prisons in this country. It is a set of symbiotic relationships among correctional communities, transnational corporations, media conglomerates, guards' unions, and legislative and court agendas. Angela Davis
Myanmar’s Ministry of Construction holds 40 percent of shares in Korea-Myanmar Industrial Complex Development Co., while the Korea Land and Housing Corporation and Global Sae-A Co. Ltd hold 40 percent and 20 percent respectively. Source: Internet