pistolerismo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pistoleˈɾismo/ [pis.t̪o.leˈɾiz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: pis‧to‧le‧ris‧mo

Noun

pistolerismo m (uncountable)

1. the practice used by Spanish employers during King Alfonso XIII's reconstruction crisis of hiring thugs to face syndicalists and notable workers – and vice versa

Further reading

• “pistolerismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014