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strikebreaker

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kə/

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kɚ/

strikebreakernoun

strikebreakers

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kə/

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kɚ/

Translations

The company hired a strikebreaker to continue operations during the workers' strike.

Компания наняла штрейкбрехера, чтобы продолжить работу во время забастовки рабочих.

Definitions

A person who works or is employed in place of others who are on strike, thereby making the strike ineffectual.

The company hired a strikebreaker to keep the factory running during the labor dispute.

An individual, employer, or agent who seeks to disrupt or end a strike, often by replacing strikers or applying pressure.

Management hired a private security firm that acted as strikebreakers to intimidate the workers.

Synonyms

strike buster

strikebreakeradjective

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkə/

/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkər/

Used attributively before a noun to denote connection with strikebreakers (e.g., "strikebreaker tactics").

Definitions

Relating to or characteristic of strikebreakers or strikebreaking.

The government passed strikebreaker laws that penalized picketing workers.