HyperDic: proxy_war

English > 1 sense of the expression *proxy war*:
NOUN	state	proxy war	a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate

English > *proxy war*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	A war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate.
Broader	war, state of war	A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply