rule of engagement

English

Noun

rule of engagement (plural rules of engagement)

1. (military, law enforcement, chiefly in the plural) An internal rule among a military, police, etc. force defining the circumstances in which and manner with which to use force.
   • 2023 December 16, Aaron Boxerman, Ben Hubbard, Thomas Fuller, “Israel Says 3 Hostages Bore White Flag Before Being Killed by Troops”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The military, which acknowledged that the killings violated its rules of engagement, announced the deaths on Friday, hours after saying it had recovered the bodies of three other Israeli hostages in Gaza.

2. (figurative, transferred sense) An implied set of rules for when to undertake a certain approach.

Translations

internal rules defining how to use force

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• Finnish: voimankäyttösääntö
• French: règle d’engagement f
• German: Einsatzregel f
• Greek: κατάχρηση εξουσίας f (katáchrisi exousías)
• Italian: regola di ingaggio f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: przepisy angażowania m pl
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: insatsregel c