ruse de guerre
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɹuːz.dəˌɡɛə/
Noun
ruse de guerre (plural ruses de guerre)
- A stratagem of war.
- 1966, Elena Lourie, "A Society Organized for War: Medieval Spain", Past and Present
- When a fire breaks out in the town, the citizens are straitly ordered not to rush to the fire but to the city-gates in order to secure them; and only then may they put out the fire; for, the statues explain, wilful incendiarism is a well-tried ruse de guerre much used by fifth-columnists anxious to let in the enemy.
- 1966, Elena Lourie, "A Society Organized for War: Medieval Spain", Past and Present
Translations
stratagem of war
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