pogrom
A riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious groupA riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
» They were driven out by the pogroms, but they've done well.
LoverofEnglish · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesA riot aimed at persecution or massacre of a particular ethnic or religious group (usually Jews).
Pogrom
погро́мpogróm
погро́мpohróm
organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
An antisemitic hate crime with a large death toll, irrespective of the number of perpetrators.
Examples
5 sentencesThey were driven out by the pogroms, but they've done well.
It was a pogrom.
ruЭто был погром. — marafon
Older Jewish socialists consider McCarthyism to have been a pogrom.
Many Jews see the pogroms happening around the world as a vindication of Zionism.
It was Nicholas II's job to stop the pogroms, and he had the ability to do so.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָגראָם (pogrom), from Russian погро́м (pogróm).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.