gherao
Britishnoun
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Origin of gherao
from Hindi gherna to besiege
Example Sentences
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They formed a chain and blocked Pathrabe’s door in a type of civil disobedience known as a gherao, or encirclement, a favorite tactic of Indian labor activists in the 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times
Some invoked gherao, a tactic borrowed from India in which workers barricade employers in their offices until wage demands are met.
From Time Magazine Archive
In more than 1,000 instances, the workers subjected their helpless employers to a special Bengali torture�the gherao.
From Time Magazine Archive
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