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mu⋅ti⋅ny

  [myoot-n-ee] noun, plural -nies, verb, -nied, -ny⋅ing.
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–noun
1. revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, esp. by sailors against their officers.
2. rebellion against any authority.
–verb (used without object)
3. to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority.
Origin:
1560–70; obs. mutine to mutiny (< MF mutiner, deriv. of mutin mutiny; see mutineer ) + -y 3

Synonyms:
2. uprising, overthrow, coup, takeover.
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mu·ti·ny   (myōōt'n-ē)   
n.   pl. mu·ti·nies
Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.
intr.v.   mu·ti·nied, mu·ti·ny·ing, mu·ti·nies
To engage in mutiny.

[Obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin, rebellious, from muete, revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from Latin movēre, to move; see move.]
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Word Origin & History

mutiny  (n.)
1567, from obsolete verb mutine "revolt" (1545), from M.Fr. mutiner "to revolt," from meutin "rebellious," from meute "a revolt, movement," from V.L. *movita "A military uprising," from fem. pp. of movere "to move" (see move). The verb is attested from 1584. Mutineer (n.) is 1610, from Fr. mutinier (16c.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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