MUTINY


Meaning of MUTINY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mju:tɪni ]

( mutinies, mutinying, mutinied)

1.

A mutiny is a refusal by people, usually soldiers or sailors, to continue obeying a person in authority.

A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime...

N-VAR

2.

If a group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, mutiny , they refuse to continue obeying a person in authority.

Units stationed around the capital mutinied because they had received no pay for nine months...

Sailors at a naval base had mutinied against their officers.

VERB : V , V against n

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