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| mu·ti·ny [ myt'nee ] |
noun (plural mu·ti·nies) |
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rebellion against legal authority: a rebellion against legal authority, especially by soldiers or sailors refusing to obey orders and, often, attacking their officers
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intransitive verb (past and past participle mu·ti·nied, present participle mu·ti·ny·ing, 3rd person present singular mu·ti·nies) |
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participate in mutiny: to take part in a rebellion against legal authority
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| [Mid-16th century. Via obsolete mutine "rebellion" < French mutiner< Old French mutin "rebellious" < muete "revolt," via assumed Vulgar Latin movitus< Latin motus "moved"] |
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