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  • noun Plural form of mutiny.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mutiny.

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Examples

  • BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Wilson Cole mutinies from the Republic Navy and tries to make a life for himself and the people who join up with him.

    January 2009 2009

  • BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Wilson Cole mutinies from the Republic Navy and tries to make a life for himself and the people who join up with him.

    REVIEW: Mike Resnick's Starship Series (Books 1-4) 2009

  • The increasing incidents of "collective indiscipline," as the military called the mutinies, ended General Nivelle's dream of a grand victory.

    Archive 2004-10-01 2004

  • The book is organized around various phases of the change process, starting with recognizing that change is coming, moving to mobilizing people to act, navigating a new course, preventing "mutinies", and learning to be flexible in the face of unanticipated developments.

    Leading in Turbulent Times: Pathfinder CEOs 2010

  • The book is organized around various phases of the change process, starting with recognizing that change is coming, moving to mobilizing people to act, navigating a new course, preventing "mutinies", and learning to be flexible in the face of unanticipated developments.

    Alicia Whitaker: Leading in Turbulent Times: Pathfinder CEOs 2010

  • In the early days in Austin, his employees used to stage mock "mutinies," walking out of his office to drink Margaritas whenever the boss drove them too hard.

    In Rove's Footsteps 2007

  • It is possible that these "mutinies" were the work of a type of weaver trade groups (samáyulu), but no specific mention is made of these groups in the records.

    Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001

  • “I am sensible,” William Fairfax told him in May, “such a medley of undisciplined militia must create your various troubles,” but, like Caesar, Washington should expect to suffer “fatigues, murmuring, mutinies, and defections.”

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Of course, these reports of alleged "armed rebel" mutinies could be nothing more than fabrications by the regime designed to bolster popular support against the uprising.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Is A Civil War in Syria's Future? Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

  • Of course, these reports of alleged "armed rebel" mutinies could be nothing more than fabrications by the regime designed to bolster popular support against the uprising.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Is A Civil War in Syria's Future? Amb. Marc Ginsberg 2011

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