Collateral Damage

Collateral damage in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of collateral damage.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Collateral Damage

(You may find collateral damage at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

by 1873 in legal cases; in modern use, generally a euphemism for “the coincidental killing of civilians,” U.S. coinage, c. 1968, at first generally with reference to nuclear weapons.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• collateral damage in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• collateral damage in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis