mutiny
noun
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
have mutinied
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present perfectof mutiny.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Most of the damage has come from backwater flooding where smaller tributaries have mutinied against their banks.
From Time ● May 12, 2011
"Is it true that German troops have mutinied in East Prussia and in Pomerania?"
From Time Magazine Archive
"All," he said, "is lost—the cowardly villains have mutinied, and will not move; and the blame of their sloth and faintheartedness will be laid on my dear master."
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
"You mean that the native troops have mutinied?"
From Told in the East by Talbot Mundy
Then Mary Carmichael, with a terrified face, came galloping up to Baby Jane, and pulling up on her haunches, panted out the words: 'The Flanagans have mutinied!'
From Baby Jane's Mission by Reginald Parnell
