strikebreakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kər/us/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kɚ/someone who continues working during a strike or who takes the job of a worker who is involved in a strike:
Many strikebreakers were subjected to verbal and physical attacks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Industrial action
- abstain
- blackleg
- cooling-off period
- demarcation dispute
- direct action
- job action
- lightning strike
- lock
- lock sb out
- lockout
- pay claim
- picket
- strike
- strike pay
- strikebound
- sympathy
- walk
- walk out
- walkout
- wildcat strike
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strikebreaking
noun [ U ] uk/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kɪŋ/us/ˈstraɪkˌbreɪ.kɪŋ/