mutiny

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an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority:

Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny.

There were rumours of mutiny among the troops.

Soldiers crushed mutinies in three jails.

to take part in a mutiny:

The crew mutinied and murdered the ship's captain.

The troops mutinied against their officers.

refusal to obey orders, or a violent attempt to take control from people in authority, esp. in the military or on a ship:

[ U ] Walker’s superiors charged him with mutiny.