ratissage (English, noun)
expansion: ratissage (plural ratissages)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank.
Forms:
form: ratissages
tags: plural