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   gherao

   /ɡɛˈraʊ/

   noun

   • 1. a protest in which workers prevent employers or managers from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met: "a gherao was to be conducted at the municipal offices"

   verb

   • 1. prevent (someone) from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met: "the minister was gheraoed in his Chamber for more than four hours"

   Word Origin from Bengali gherāo, literally ‘act of enclosing or shutting in’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • G

     2

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • O

     1

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