strikebreak

strikebreak verb: to break a strike; to work for a business where the union members are on strike.

Verb

strikebreak (third-person singular simple present strikebreaks, present participle strikebreaking, simple past strikebroke, past participle strikebroken)

To break a strike; to work for a business where the union members are on strike.
- When the first three decided to strikebreak, Baker knew he could use them as a nucleus to train other crews.1996, George E. Hopkins, Flying the Line, page 134
- OPSEU urged its members not to strikebreak.1999, David Rapaport, No Justice, No Peace: The 1996 OPSEU Strike against the Harris Government in Ontario, page 110

I told him we aren't about to strikebreak—there are too many spies around.2012, Christopher Isherwood, Katherine Bucknell, Liberation: Diaries, page 347:
Third, the migration of foreign-born white workers into local labor markets does not appear to have significantly increased pressures for African Americans to strikebreak.2014, Cliff Brown, Racial Conflicts and Violence in the Labor Market:

third-person singular present	strikebreaks
present participle	strikebreaking
past	strikebroke
past participle	strikebroken
alternative form	strike-break

From strike + break.

What does strikebreak mean?: Strikebreak means to break a strike; to work for a business where the union members are on strike.
How do you use strikebreak in a sentence?: I told him we aren't about to strikebreak—there are too many spies around.
What part of speech is strikebreak?: Strikebreak is a verb.
What is the past tense of strikebreak?: The past tense of strikebreak is strikebroke.

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