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the moment the crew decides the captain works for them now.
means An open rebellion by subordinates—especially sailors or soldiers—who refuse to obey their commanding officers and seize control.
from From the obsolete English verb 'mutine,' to revolt, which came through French 'mutiner' from 'mutin' (mutinous, rebellious). Trace it back further and you reach Latin 'movere'—to move—via 'motus,' a moving or commotion. So at its root, a mutiny is simply a stirring-up that got dangerously out of hand: a movement that turned on its master.
- royal navy
- Mutiny was punishable by death until 1998
- bounty fame
- Mutineers' descendants still live on Pitcairn Island
- latin roots
- From movere, to move, same as motion
- not just ships
- Soldiers, prisoners, and miners have all mutinied
- often wins
- Many mutinies succeeded; winners rarely called rebels
bounty mutiny — hms bounty crew led by fletcher christian in 1789, sailed to pitcairn islands
indian rebellion 1857 — sepoy mutiny across british india, started may 10 1857 in meerut
potemkin battleship — russian black sea fleet mutiny june 1905, sailors refused orders during russo-japanese war