mutiny

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He did his best to foment discontent, and succeeded too well; for the mutiny was his work As Havelock and his puny force approached Cawnpore, this miscreant incited the cold-blooded massacre of all the women and children the rebels had captured on the day before the place was taken.

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  1. noun Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
  2. intransitive verb To engage in mutiny.

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  • The oficers had subdued what they called a mutiny, but they too carried indications that they had been through a battle. —  Prodigal genius - Tesla Biography
  • Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that the mutiny was a "completely pre-planned massacre". —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • They say the mutiny is aimed at diverting attention away from war crimes trials Hasina has promised to hold against the Bangladeshis who sided with Pakistan during the country's bloody nine-month war of independence in 1971. —  News24
  • Hi, Part of your mutiny is also not to spell-check?? —  Mutiny.in
  • She said the mutiny was a result of an internal dispute within the army. —  AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin, rebellious, from muete, revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from Latin movēre, to move; see move.

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  1. from mutine.
  2. from mutiny, n.
 

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/ˈmjutɪni/
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