Ratissage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹatɪˈsɑːʒ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ratissage is a noun meaning (economics) A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank.
Meaning
(economics) A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank.
More Meanings
- A raid (especially violent) carried out by the police or military, originally and chiefly carried out by the French in Algeria. and, prior to that, by the Milice (Vichy Government counter-terror police) in 1943-44.
Example Sentences
The army […] subjected suspect Muslim villages to systematic ratissage – literally a ‘raking-over’, a time-honoured word for ‘pacifying’ operations.
A second group of security men had appeared from within the museum, and lashed out with their clubs like warriors in a battle scene from a Kurasawa epic. […] ‘It's another ratissage. A special action.’
Word Forms
- ratissages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include raiding, road, rade, razzia, rigadoon, razziah.
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