noun
a person who works during a strike to keep a company operating
adjective
relating to or characteristic of strikebreakers
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The company hired strikebreakers to ensure production continued during the labor strike.
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The strikebreakers were brought in to fill in for the striking workers.
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The strikebreakers were seen as scabs by the striking workers.
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In times of conflict, she acted as a strikebreaker by mediating between the two parties.