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picket

7 definitions • 14 examples
1
a worker or group of workers who protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside, especially because they have a disagreement with their employers:

Examples:

There were pickets outside the factory gates.
2
an occasion on which a picket happens:

Examples:

The union organized a month-long picket.
3
to act as or take part in a picket:

Examples:

They picketed the burger restaurant and handed out leaflets to potential customers.
He was not surprised when his office was picketed.
4
a person or group of people who have a disagreement with a company, usually the one where they work, and who walk around in a line outside the place of business to tell other people not to enter until the problem is solved:

Examples:

Three pickets stood at the factory gate.
5
a group of people who stand outside an organization's building holding signs to protest against something. The people who protest are often employees who disagree with the management:

Examples:

The rail union is planning a 150-person picket of the terminal for two days next week.
The new government was determined to avoid a return to the old days of industrial action and mass picket lines.
Most union members were reluctant to cross the picket line.
stand on/walk the picket line We spent two weeks walking the picket line, trying to get better benefits.
Workers staged a picket outside the factory gates.
Workers picked up their picket signs and began their protest.
6
a single person in a picket line:

Examples:

7
to show an organization that you are not satisfied with them by standing outside their building and trying to prevent people from entering and doing business with them :

Examples:

The firm's annual general meeting was picketed by union members angry at the decision to cut jobs.
The group has decided not to picket until after the talks.

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