Sekirov Dictionary

gherao

/ɡɛˈɹaʊ/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

noun1

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(India) A protest in which a group of people surrounds a politician, building, etc. until demands are met.
- They had done a gherao and trapped the manager in his office for a whole day. — 2002

verb1

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(India) To surround for this purpose.
- One day the city magistrate asked the army for help to curb a protest march by women Congress workers who had threatened to gherao the officials in the divisional office. — 1996

forms

gheraoed · gheraoing · gheraos · gheraoes

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