sit-in

[ sit-in ]

noun

1. any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:

   Sixty students staged a sit-in outside the dean's office.

2. an organized passive protest, especially against racial segregation, in which the demonstrators occupy seats prohibited to them, as in restaurants and other public places.
3. sit-down strike.

sit-in

noun

1. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats in a public place and refuse to move as a protest
2. another term for sit-down strike

verb

1. often foll by for to deputize (for)
2. foll by on to take part (in) as a visitor or guest

   we sat in on Professor Johnson's seminar

3. to organize or take part in a sit-in

Word History and Origins

Origin of sit-in¹

1955–60; noun use of verb phrase sit in (a place); sit ¹, -in ³

Example Sentences

By 2014, he had become the face of the Umbrella Movement, a mass student protest with the umbrella as a symbol, which sprang up alongside the Occupy Central sit-in.

From BBC

The restaurant itself was closed to sit-in diners during Trump’s visit.

From BBC

In response, uncommitted activists engaged in a sit-in outside the convention.

From Salon

Uncommitted delegates - who oppose US support of Israel's war in Gaza - began a sit-in protest just outside of the arena doors on Wednesday night.

From BBC

Another activist group, the Thai Cannabis Future Network, staged a sit-in outside the Government House in Bangkok, accusing the health ministry’s doctors of colluding with politicians, using re-criminalization as a ploy to monopolize the industry.

From Salon