Definition of Mau-mau
Mau-mau
mau-mau
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(verb)
(dated, now offensive) to use hostile threats or other forms of confrontation to intimidate someone, such as a government official, into doing something, usually for political or social reasons;
e.g. They planned to mau-mau the local authorities to lift the new restrictions.
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