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the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas
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Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers.
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Few among the bureaucratic, business, and even military elites denounced the mutineers, exposing limited support for Putin.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
He’s been with them since the beginning, proving himself as a loyal friend and a valuable mutineer.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
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Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Few among the bureaucratic, business, and even military elites denounced the mutineers, exposing limited support for Putin.
—Andrei Yakovlev, Foreign Affairs, 16 May 2025
He’s been with them since the beginning, proving himself as a loyal friend and a valuable mutineer.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
The mutineers requested political asylum but instead were imprisoned by the Cambodian government.
—Roberto Loiederman, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mutineer
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutineer. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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mutineer
noun
mu·ti·neer
ˌmyüt-ᵊn-ˈi(ə)r 
: a person who is guilty of mutiny
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