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gherao
/ ɡɛˈ°ù²¹ÊŠ /
noun
- a form of industrial action in India in which workers imprison their employers on the premises until their demands are met
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of gherao1
from Hindi gherna to besiege
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Example Sentences
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They formed a chain and blocked Pathrabe’s door in a type of civil disobedience known as a gherao, or encirclement, a favorite tactic of Indian labor activists in the 1960s.
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Some invoked gherao, a tactic borrowed from India in which workers barricade employers in their offices until wage demands are met.
In more than 1,000 instances, the workers subjected their helpless employers to a special Bengali torture�the gherao.
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