Usage of "war by proxy"

Russian

опосредованная война

Portuguese

guerra subsidiária

Spanish

guerra por poderes

Catalan

guerra subsidiària

Conflict between two actors in which neither directly engages the other.

proxy war

опосредованная война

Usage of war by proxy in English

Sport is the hunt, the chase; it is war by proxy. 
 The Disposable Male 

Even a discernible whiff of grace as Packer barges forward in his war by proxy with Murdoch. 
 The Guardian 

This is what they did when they loosed the armies of their puppet states against the Republic of Korea, in an evil war by proxy. 
 State of the Union Addresses 

Except in regard to Anne, a member of the Socialist Society, and thereafter always known as "Fred's Red", this was the cold war by proxy. 
 The Guardian 

Translations for war by proxy

Russian

опосредованная война прокси-война

Portuguese

guerra subsidiária guerra proxy guerra por procuração

Spanish

guerra por poderes guerra proxy guerra por proxy guerra subsidiaria

Catalan

guerra subsidiària

Interface language

Meanings of war by proxy in English