敵てき性せい戦せん闘とう員いん

noun

enemy combatant

Legal and military term for a person who takes part in hostilities against one's own forces. Used in contexts such as international humanitarian law and rules of engagement.

• 国こく際さい人じん道どう法ほうでは、敵てき性せい戦せん闘とう員いんの扱あつかいについて明めい確かくな規き定ていがある。

  International humanitarian law has clear provisions regarding the treatment of enemy combatants.

• 彼かれらは敵てき性せい戦せん闘とう員いんとして拘こう束そくされた。

  They were detained as enemy combatants.