LAW|rights and freedoms
- instrumentalisation | weaponisation | weaponization
- en
- Definition treating someone or something as an instrument by using them as a means to accomplish a purpose or result Reference "Council-EN based on 'instrumentalize' (7.11.2023), Oxford English Dictionary"
- Comment "When this phenomenon occurs with the intent to undermine, criticise, or oppose others, or in order to spread discord, the French term may be qualified with an adjective e.g. 'instrumentalisation aggressive', which can be rendered in English as 'weaponisation'.For 'weaponisation' in the non-figurative sense, see IATE:910015 ."
- instrumentalisation | transformation en arme
- fr
- Definition action de traiter quelqu'un ou quelque chose comme un instrument, à son profit Reference Le Petit Larousse grand format 2005
- Comment "Pour un sens plus concret de weaponisation (à savoir la transformation de matières ou de marchandises en armes), voir transformation en arme."