(~s)
You can describe people as ~s when you disapprove of the fact that they are dissatisfied with a situation and want it to change. (FORMAL)
Five years ago a band of ~s, mainly half-educated radicals, seized power.
N-COUNT: usu pl disapproval
(~s)
You can describe people as ~s when you disapprove of the fact that they are dissatisfied with a situation and want it to change. (FORMAL)
Five years ago a band of ~s, mainly half-educated radicals, seized power.
N-COUNT: usu pl disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012