单词 | anti-combination |
释义 | anti-combinationadj. British. Now historical. Designating legislation prohibiting or restricting the organization of trade unions or other groups of workers formed with the aim of improving pay and conditions, etc. ΚΠ 1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 44 An advocate of corn-laws and anti-combination acts. 1865 Spectator 14 Jan. 37 Re-establishing the old anti-combination laws in a new and infinitely more stringent shape. 2004 R. Albritton in R. Albritton et al. New Socialisms i. 23 The anti-combination acts, the riot acts and the crime of treason were all used against workers trying to organize. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adj.1824 |
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