blackleg
black·leg [blackleg blacklegs blacklegged blacklegging] BrE [ˈblækleɡ] NAmE [ˈblækleɡ] noun (BrE, disapproving) a person who continues to work when the people they work with are on strike; a person who is employed to work instead of those who are on strike compare ↑strike-breaker see also ↑scab
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