[ɡɛˈraʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a protest in which workers prevent employers or managers from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met
(e.g: a gherao was to be conducted at the municipal offices)


Phrases:

Origin:
from Bengali gherāo, literally ‘act of enclosing or shutting in’

[ɡɛˈraʊ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- prevent (someone) from leaving a place of work until certain demands are met
(e.g: the minister was gheraoed in his Chamber for more than four hours)


Phrases:

Origin:
from Bengali gherāo, literally ‘act of enclosing or shutting in’