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to picket

to picket

25 4.8
To stand or march outside a workplace to protest and stop people entering
  • verb
  • /ˈpɪkɪt/
: hacer piquete
  • Workers decided to picket outside the factory to demand better wages and working conditions.

And what they first started was protesting picketing whenever a farmer or a contractor treated workers badly.

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Examples

  • The collegians raised funds, gave speeches, picketed, and observed arrests in an effort to protect the strikers from police brutality.

    Academic text (1994)

  • A busload of individuals picketed in front of a PMG clinic.

    Academic text (2001)

  • - Is he likely to picket my office?

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

  • To picket the big, bad chain store...

    You've Got Mail (1998)

  • You have every right to picket, but it's gotta be outside the main gate.

    Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966)

  • Chicago public school teachers hit the streets to picket Monday during their first strike since 1987.

    Blog text (15)

  • A handful of protesters picket the entrance carrying signs.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • In support of the union, other unions working at Lindenwood picketed alongside them.

    Blog text (31)

  • Hundreds of women picketed the shops, and an estimated 2,000 participated in the boycott.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Along with others, we marched, picketed, wrote letters and articles, talked to groups, and held rallies.

    Academic text (2009)

Synonyms

protest
vsto picket
664 2.5

A public gathering of people who show strong disagreement, like a march

focuses on outside actions meant to dissuade others from entering
to picket outside
vsto picket
2 5.0

To stand or march outside a building to show you are against something

focuses on workplaces and aims to dissuade others from entering

Phrasal Verbs

to cross the picket line
4 7.3

To go to work during a strike even though other workers are striking

to picket outside
2 5.0

To stand or march outside a building to show you are against something

to organize picket
  • US
1 4.6

Arrange and hold a protest outside a workplace to show what workers want

Compounds

picket line
28 4.2

A line of workers outside a workplace during a strike who stand to protest and stop others entering

white picket fence
  • US
15 3.2

An idea of a comfortable, safe family life in a house near a city

picket ship
  • Specialized
1 8.5

A ship that watches for enemy ships or planes and warns other ships

picket fence
1 2.0

A row of upright wooden or metal boards with spaces that mark the edge of a yard

picket boat
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A small boat that patrols and watches for danger near a harbor or fleet

How Active

to riot
43 4.9
to protest
383 3.2
to picket
25 4.8
to strike
64 3.2
to observe
605 2.4

Surface Forms

picket infinitive
picketed past
picketed past participle
picketing present participle
pickets third person singular

Etymology

To picket as a verb meaning to protest comes from the people called pickets who stood at the entrance of a workplace; the action was named after those people. That's why to picket is to stand or march outside a place of work to show disagreement.