mutiny Significado & definición

Significado de mutiny en español

• 0 an occasion when a group of people, especially soldiers or sailors, refuses to obey orders and/or attempts to take control from people in authority -- motín, amotinamiento

  • Conditions on the ship were often very bad, and crews were on the point of mutiny.

  • There were rumours of mutiny among the troops.

  • Soldiers crushed mutinies in three jails.

• 1 to take part in a mutiny -- amotinarse

  • The crew mutinied and murdered the ship’s captain.

  • The troops mutinied against their officers.

• 2 (a) refusal to obey one’s senior officers in the navy or other armed services -- motín

  • There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress

  • The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.

• 3 (of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority -- hacer un motín

  • The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.