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picketed past simple and past participle ofpicket picket verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈpɪk.ɪt/ us /ˈpɪk.ɪt/ to act as or take part in a picket: They picketed the burger restaurant and handed out leaflets to potential customers. He was not surprised when his office was picketed. Demonstrators picketed and chanted outside the company's annual meeting. More than 100 protesters picketed the hotel on Saturday as part of a nationwide boycott. Workers had picketed at the plant for more than two weeks, mainly over health-care costs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Industrial action abstain anti-strike blackleg come out cooling-off period demarcation dispute job action lightning strike lock lock someone out lockout on strikephrase sit down stoppage strikebound strikebreaker strikebreaking striker sympathy union-bashing |