mutiny
noun
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
had mutinied
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past perfectof mutiny.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, in 1946 Indians in the British Navy had mutinied throughout the country.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
How would we regard General Petraeus if a third of his troops had mutinied in Iraq?
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2015
The French army had mutinied, the Italian army was on the eve of collapse, America had hardly started to come in.
From Time Magazine Archive
They came down from Lombardy, where they had mutinied for 150,000 ducats in back pay.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rinaldi said that the French had mutinied and troops marched on Paris.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
