English-French translations for state of siege

• état de siège
  Nous sommes en présence d'un état de siège, avec des conditions médiévales imposées aux habitants de Gaza. This is a state of siege, with mediaeval conditions being imposed on the people of Gaza.
• loi martiale

Definition of state of siege

• An exceptional legal condition in which constitutional limits on the powers of the government are suspended, usually owing to military necessity and implying martial law

Related words

• estate of
• state of matter
• state of mind
• state of the art
• state of war
• state of emergency
• state of enforcement
• state of being
• State of the Union