Hvad betyder picket på engelsk?

Du kan lære picket udtale, grammatik og synonymer i denne mest autoritative engelske ordbog.

picket Betydning & definition

0 (any one of) a number of people employed at a factory etc who are on strike and who try to persuade workers not to go to work there, not to deliver goods there etc -- strejkevagt
- The men set up a picket to stop lorries/trucks getting into the factory
- (also adjective) a picket line.
1 a soldier or a small group of soldiers on special duty, usually to guard against a sudden attack by the enemy -- vagtpost; vagt-
- The commander placed pickets at various points round the camp
- (also adjective) picket duty.
2 to act as a picket (at) -- gå strejkevagt; holde vagt
- In this country, strikers have the legal right to picket
- The soldiers picketed the camp.
3 to place a group of soldiers, strikers etc somewhere as a picket -- postere strejkevagter; opstille vagtposter
- The strikers’ leaders decided to picket the factory
- The commander picketed the camp.

Television and press coverage of the conference concentrated more on the small group of pickets boycotting the conference than on the sanguine reports from the press officers.
While the occasional ' ' victory march,' ' usually numbering several hundred people, was staged, picketing squads were always small, indicating that few people made a long-term commitment to the movement.
I have advised hospital authorities to report to the police any instance of unlawful action by pickets.
They have mobilised every available officer in order to disperse excessive numbers of pickets.
The conduct of its members inside the conference hall was shockingly rude, and outside the building the demonstrators and pickets were disgracefully violent.
The numbers given for pickets and demonstrators represent the maximum numbers estimated to be present at any time in the day.
The fact that there will be a limited number of pickets at any factory gate would make it perfectly possible to cope with the situation.
The booklet sets out perfectly good, standard guidelines as to what ought to be the behaviour of mass pickets.