Anti-colonial insubordination

Glossary of difficult words

insubordination - defiance of authority; disobedience to orders;

to rip into someone - to make a vehement verbal attack on someone;

downright - utterly, completely;

mutinous - willful or disobedient;

to tag - to attach a label to;

to double-cross - to deceive or betray (a person with whom one is supposedly cooperating);

to leak word to - to leak, provide information to;

dawn raid - a visit by the police or other officials in the early morning, hoping to use the element of surprise;

to squelch - to forcefully silence or suppress.