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Meaning of gherao | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ɡɛˈɹaʊ/

Definitions

A protest in which a group of people surrounds a politician, building, etc. until demands are met.

India

Examples

“They had done a gherao and trapped the manager in his office for a whole day.”
“This was an invitation to strike: according to one estimate, there were more than 1,200 gheraos in the first six months of the first UF-LF government.”
“They led us in a mob to the administrative office of the Patna University, blockaded the main entrance and besieged the vice chancellor's office in a gherao […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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