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May 27, 2012
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sit-in



Pronunciation: (sit'in"), [key]
—n.
1. an organized passive protest, esp. against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
2. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises: Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.
3. See sit-down strike.

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