Minirebellion
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A small rebellion.
"The minirebellion Tuesday suggested that shareholders were feeling emboldened by a report last week citing management failures and lax internal controls as two reasons that a trader, Jérôme Kerviel, got away with making unauthorized bets worth nearly 50 billion euros, or $79 billion, for more than two years."
Example
More examples"The minirebellion Tuesday suggested that shareholders were feeling emboldened by a report last week citing management failures and lax internal controls as two reasons that a trader, Jérôme Kerviel, got away with making unauthorized bets worth nearly 50 billion euros, or $79 billion, for more than two years."
Etymology
From mini- + rebellion.
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