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(India) A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work.
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The tactic, in negotiations with labor unions, of investigating a dispute and then making an ultimate offer that will not be revised.
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(India) Alternative form of bandh [(India) A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work.]
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Engaging in go-slow as part of an industrial dispute.
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(computing) A security breach that is the first of its kind, and leads to others of the same class
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(US, dated) Alternative form of come-outer [One who abandons or withdraws from an established religion, opinion, custom, creed, etc.]
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(Internet slang, humorous) To commit seppuku.
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(industrial relations) The picketing of a site used by two or more employers, when only one of the employers is involved in the dispute.
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(transitive, intransitive, politics, historical) To unlawfully confine one or more voters to prevent them from casting their ballots in an election.
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A soldier who carries a demilance.
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A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
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(military) A soldier who fails to meet the requirements of a special training course.
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(historical, politics) A general strike in the German-occupied Netherlands in 1941, during World War II.
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(UK) A person or group of people who can be rapidly deployed to different locations in order to picket workplaces (take part in blockades or other protests) during an industrial dispute (dispute between workers and employers).
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Alternative form of jailbreak [An escape from prison.]
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(very rare) Alternative form of gatecrash [To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.]
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Alternative form of gatecrash [To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.]
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A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.
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To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
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(South Asia, Malaysia) The closure of shops and offices, typically as a strike.
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A strike with the goal of pressuring the employer into not employing or serving members of a specific racial or religious group.
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(idiomatic) To become available for illegal purchase.
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(by extension) An election campaign.
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(chiefly Britain) A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
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One who breaks out of jail.
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(US military slang) An official letter informing of a person killed in action.
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An official visit by a police officer to a person's home to discuss some matter.
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Alternative form of lockout [(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.]
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(labor) The opposite of a strike; a labor disruption where management refuses to allow workers into a plant to work even if they are willing.
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Withholding labour as a protest, in order to effect change in management or government.
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(Scotland, obsolete) A publisher.
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A type of industrial action, in which the workers collectively refuse to work overtime.
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(slang, dated) To give away free tickets to a theater performance etc. so as to ensure a sizeable audience.
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(intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
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A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
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(chiefly India) A type of strike where workers in a particular sector strike sequentially per business.
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(India) A type of protest in which transport is disrupted.
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(industrial relations) A plant that is moved to another region in order to escape the demands of a trade union.
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(Philippines) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
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Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved.
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The act of one who shanghais; a press-ganging or abduction.
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An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
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Alternative spelling of strikebreaking [Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.]
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Alternative spelling of strikebreaking [Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.]
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Not operating normally because of strike action.
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Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers.
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A series of strikes in October 2021 in the United States.
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(non-comparable, of employees) On strike, taking part in industrial action.
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(idiomatic, archaic) (of business or trade) a large or considerable amount
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Industrial action by a trade union in support of a strike initiated by workers in another, separate enterprise.
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a dispute between workers and their employer
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(transitive) To ensnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.
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(law) One who traverses, or denies.
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One who trespasses; an interloper.
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A collective action by members of a trade union in which they appear at work but protest in some way such as passing out leaflets or refusing to wear a uniform.
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(obsolete, transitive) To wage war against.
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(organized labour) A labour strike that has not been authorized by the leaders of a trade union.
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