a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s
Examples of 'red mercury' in a sentence
red mercury
The red mercury that Mr K was selling would be in the form of a high-density gel.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
He's been telling me about something called red mercury.
Robert Wilson BLOOD IS DIRT (2002)
I have six and a half kilos of Plutonium 239, ten kilos of red mercury.