"ratissage" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 26",
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          "text": "A second group of security men had appeared from within the museum, and lashed out with their clubs like warriors in a battle scene from a Kurasawa epic. […] ‘It's another ratissage. A special action.’",
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        "A monetary device whereby national reserves are temporarily given up to a central bank."
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