sit-in

• Forme de protestation ou de désobéissance civile consistant à occuper un lieu ou un espace et à refuser de le quitter, généralement en signe de revendication.

A noun referring to a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats or a space and refuse to leave, typically as a protest.

1. Civil DisobedienceB2formal

   A form of protest where participants occupy a space, such as a building or a seat, and refuse to leave until their demands are met.

   Sit-in

   • The students organized a sit-in to demand better campus conditions.
   • During the 1960s, sit-ins were a common tactic in the civil rights movement.
   • The workers held a sit-in at the factory to protest unfair layoffs.

   Synonymesdemonstrationoccupationprotestsit-down