mutiny

US/ˈmju.tə.ni/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #5,374 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: mutinies

A mutiny is a revolt by a crew against their officers. Put down the mutiny, a mutiny broke out, the crew mutinied.

It was a capital offence in most navies for centuries, because a ship at sea has no other authority to appeal to. The Bounty in 1789 is the famous one. It applies to armed forces rather than to workplaces. The French mutiner means to revolt.

Definitions of mutiny

1nounmutinyA revolt by a crew against their officers.B2+
“The sailors started a mutiny and locked the captain in his cabin.”

mutiny is a revolt.

Where it comes from

From Middle French mutiner, to revolt, from meute, a riot, ultimately from Latin movere, to move.

Middle French
mutiner
English, today
mutiny

From Middle French mutiner.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Sea & Sailing

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mutiny in the wild

The reasons behind the mutiny continue to be debated.
William Bligh
The reasons behind the mutiny are still debated.
Mutiny on the Bounty
The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 as a mutiny of sepoys of the company's garrison in Meerut, a town 40 miles northeast of Delhi.
Indian Rebellion of 1857
After the outbreak of the mutiny in Meerut, the rebels quickly reached Delhi, whose 81-year-old Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah Zafar, was declared the Emperor of Hindustan.
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The mutiny failed to turn into a revolution because sailors were asked to surrender after the British authorities had assembled superior forces to suppress the mutiny.
Royal Indian Navy mutiny

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