criminal syndicalism

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nounLaw.
  1. the doctrine of recourse to acts of violence or terrorism, or the advocacy of such acts, as a means of effecting economic or political change: proscribed by statute in many U.S. states.

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How to use criminal syndicalism in a sentence

  • Certain friends greatly fear that some things said in this booklet may fall foul of the criminal-syndicalism laws.

    Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown
  • The criminal syndicalism law registers the high water mark of reaction.

    The Centralia Conspiracy | Ralph Chaplin
  • But before he could again resume his paper selling he was arrested on a charge of "criminal syndicalism."

    The Centralia Conspiracy | Ralph Chaplin
  • Many towns in the heart of the lumber district had passed absurd criminal syndicalism ordinances.

    The Centralia Conspiracy | Ralph Chaplin
  • Of all the "criminal syndicalism" statutes referred to in these pages that of South Dakota inflicts the heaviest penalties.

    The I.W.W. | Paul Frederick Brissenden