Sit-in

Definition: Sit-in

Sit-in

Noun

1. A form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move.

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Crosswords: Sit-in

French (sit in), German (sit in).

Books

• Diary of a Sit-In (Blacks in the New World) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A police dog attacking an African American man, as police break up crowd gathered outside court house, Jackson, Mississippi, for trial of sit-in demonstrators. Credit: Library of Congress.

Civil rights activists occupying a lunchroom counter during a sit-in. Credit: Library of Congress.

Students locked inside Sproul Hall, University of California, Berkeley, following day long sit-in protest against rules restricting campus political activity. Credit: Library of Congress.

University of California at Berkeley student, screaming "freedom now" being dragged off to jail by police, after sit-in protesting regulations concerning campus politics. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sit-in for survival, June 12. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Civil Liberties

Morocco

Bekkari was covering a sit-in of unemployed university graduates. (references)

Central African Republic

A spokesman for the Interior Ministry said the sit-in would have posed a grave threat to public order. (references)

Morocco

On November 14, security forces using clubs broke up a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Finance in Rabat. (references)

Economic History

Korea

Sit-in strikes are common, and workers have on occasion occupied company offices or factories. (references)

Human Rights

Morocco

On May 3, in the Western Saharan city of Laayoune, the local headquarters for the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT) issued a statement claiming that security forces forcibly dispersed a sit-in by unemployed graduates outside the Employment Department Headquarters. (references)

Niger

No action was taken against prison guards who beat and otherwise abused a taxi driver held in detention without charge in 1999. There was no action taken in the November 1999 case in which police officials used tear gas to disperse students holding a sit-in in Niamey to press claims for payments of their scholarships; at least 20 students were injured. (references)

Political Economy

Western Sahara

In mid-October a sit-in by Sahrawi women protesting economic conditions and demanding additional assistance from the Moroccan Government, began near the city hall in Smarna. (references)

Western Sahara

On May 3 in Laayoune, the Democratic Confederation of Labor (CDT) issued a statement claiming that security forces violently disrupted a sit-in by unemployed university graduates outside the Employment Department headquarters. (references)

Vietnam

However, on at least four occasions, police in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) prevented demonstrators from camping out on a sidewalk to stage a sit-in, but on one occasion, they allowed a group of protesters to march down city streets for a 2-day period. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

On October 10, the Korean Teachers and Educational Worker's Union staged a sit-in, during which 800 teachers took monthly or annual leave. (references)

Jordan

In July 300 workers employed by a sub-contractor of the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) staged a sit-in strike to demand 11/2 months of unpaid daily wages. (references)

Zimbabwe

In May workers at Willowvale Motor Industries who were demanding payment of severance packages engaged in a sit-in on company premises and held a number of company managers hostage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

坐在. (various references)

Danish

virksomhedsbesættelse (occupation of a factory by workers), besættelse (occupation). (various references)

Dutch

bezetting (garrison, occupation, tightness of the chest), bedrijfsbezetting (occupation of a factory by workers). (various references)

French

occupation d'usine, occupation. (various references)

German

Betriebsbesetzung (occupation of a factory by workers), Besetzung (cast, casting, filling, occupation, seizure, stocking, team, translation). (various references)

Greek 

κατάληψη (capture, conquest, lock in, occupation, seizure, sit in, taking). (various references)

Hungarian

tüntető ülőhelyfoglalás, ülősztrájk. (various references)

Italian

occupazione di fabbrica (occupation of a factory by workers), occupazione (activity, avocation, business, calling, employ, employmen, employment, job, occupancy, occupation, squatting, tenure, work). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

座り込み , シチジル酸 (chic, cytidylic acid, ship, Ship American Policy, sickness bag, sitting room, situation, six nine, soixante-neuf, stew). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すわり�"み, シットイン . (various references)

Korean 

앉 안에. (various references)

Pig Latin

it-insay.(various references)

Portuguese

ocupação (avocation, business, busyness, calling, chore, duty, employ, employment, engagement, job, labor, labour, occupancy, occupation, office, ploy, profession, racket, service, tenure, work, works), manifestação pacífica. (various references)

Russian 

сидячая забастовка (sit in, sit-down-strike). (various references)

Spanish

ocupación del centro de trabajo (occupation of a factory by workers), ocupación de fábrica (occupation of a factory by workers), ocupación (avocation, emplacement, employment, encroachment, job, line, occupancy, occupation, profession, pursuit, sit in, tenure, usurpation, work). (various references)

Thai

การชุมนุมประท้วง. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cuộc biểu tình ng�"i. (various references)

Misspellings

"Sit-in" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: est-il, iq-iq, sart-i, shitin, siu-ming. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: intis.

-1 letter: inti, nisi, nits, snit, tins.

-2 letters: ins, its, nit, sin, sit, tin, tis.

-3 letters: in, is, it, si, ti.

+1 letter: binits, insist, instil, isatin, seniti, siting.

+2 letters: animist, biotins, chitins, citrins, distain, finites, fisting, histing, ignites, incites, indicts, indites, inkiest, inosite, insight, insists, instill, instils, intimas, intines, intuits, intwist, invites, ironist, isatine, isatins, kainits, liniest, listing, misting, nifties, nitrids, nitrils, nitwits, pianist, piniest, pinites, santimi, sienite, sifting, silting, sitting, skiting, smiting, spiting, stibine, suiting, tahinis, tidings, tiepins, tiffins, tilings, timings, tineids, tiniest, titians, unities, viniest, winiest, wisting, withins.