Terminology (Revolution)

Word
Organizations
Security apparatus / apparatus
Scaf supreme council of the Armed Forces
Handling power to or turning power over to SCAF

Junta / Hunta (am)

Riot police
Central security forces
Campus police
Coalition of revolution youth
April 6 youth movement
Kifaya opposition movement
The outlawed/ banned muslim Brotherhood
The salafists (predecessorists)
Conservatives
The national democratic party (NDP)
(NDPs general secretariat)
Rulling partys steering committee
State security service
State security investigations
Restructuring of )state security service)
To dismantle (state secirity service)
Self-organized watch civilian groups
Self-organized watch community groups
Neighborhood watches
Weapons
Riot control
Riot gear
Armored police trucks
Bullet-proof vest
Barbed wire
Arms seizure
Cold steel
Implosion weapon
Smoke cartridge
Rubber bullets/Rubber-coated projectiles
Batons
Live bullets/ metal projectiles
Live ammunition
Shotshell
Electric taser
Electric rod
Water cannons
Fire ball
Stone throwing / pelting

Meaning

Incapacitating agent
Stupefying gas
Gas mask / anti-gas cape
Tear gas\Tear bomb
Molotov cocktails
Concussion bomb
Smoke bomb
Sound and flash shock grenade
Flash bang grenade
Molotov canister
Fission bomb
Smart bomb
Percussion grenade
Homemade bomb
Rifle grenade
Time bomb
Firebomb / incendiary bomb
Plant a bomb
Detonate a bomb
A bomb went off
Defuse a bomb
Sniper
To fire in the air
A barrage of automatic gunfire
To erect / set barricades
To set up roadblocks
Estates
Legislative authority
Executive authority
Judicial authority
The press
Governments
Caretaker government
Transitional (unity) government
Civilian government
Coalition government
Technocratic government
Interim government
Teetering government
National salvation government
Theocracy/ religion-based government
To designate a new government
Cabinet reshuffle
To purge the government of (from) corrupt figures

Titles
Intelligence chief / head of the intelligence
Omar Suleiman, former head of the Egyptian
general intelligence service (GIS)
Attorney general
Prosecutor general

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Field marshal
Military governor
Gerontocracy
Plainclothes police officers
Public figures
Political activists
Loyalists
Slogans
25 January Revolution
Rage revolution
Youth revolution
Lotus revolution
White revolution
Day of rage\ Friday of anger
Departure Friday
Million-man march/ mega demonstrations/ protests

To chant anti-government slogans

No vandalism / sabotage
Self-restraint / self-control
Social justice
Human dignity
Graffiti/ to daub
Ouster/ overthrow of the regime
Downfall of the regime
Mubarak related terms
De-Mubarakisation
Mubaraks tenure
Mubaraks era
Mubaraks departure
Ousting/ overthrowing Mubarak
Mubaraks downfall
Ex-president \Former
Tyrant
Dictator
Limitation of presidential term
End of term of office
To leave office
To quit presidency
To relinquish power
To resign/ tender his resignation
To step down
To take hold of power / to hold the reins of
power / ascent to power / accede to power / to
take power / to take charge of/ to take control
of / to assume power
To cling to power
To refuse to step down/ to refuse to stand
To yield power to
Transfer power
The ruling clan

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Regime backers / stalwarts

Delicate situation
House arrest
He will not run for a new term in office
To lay to rest the hereditary succession scenario

Orderly transition of power

Peaceful transfer of power
Smooth transfer of power
Corruption
Counter-revolution
Corruption charges
Administrative - corruption
Hereditary succession of power
Autocracy
Squandering / dissipation of state wealth
Embezzlement
Profiteering
Illicit Gain Authority (IGA)
Graft / illicit /ill-gotten gain
Money-laundry
High treason
Police brutality
Terrorizing citizens
To intimidate civilians
Sectarian sedition/ strife
To ignite sedition
Suppressing / repressing protests
To quell opposition
Prisoners of opinion
To strangle communication
Horse-and-camel onslaughts on Tahrir square
Security vacuum
Absence of law and order
Marauding gangs
Thugs / Bullies
Mercenaries
Armed robbery
Looting / looters
Orgy of looting
To wreak havoc on
Arson
To defy curfew
Military trial
Martial law
To stand trial
The hearing was adjourned
To stand / appear in the dock
To derail justice
To be held/ remanded in custody pending trial
To be detained pending investigations

To plead not guilty to corruption charges

To freeze accounts / assets
To ban someone from leaving the country/
travel ban
To be kept under police surveillance
To face charges on manslaughter
Constitution and parliament
Constitutional changes/ amendment
Referendum on constitutional amendments
Constitutional committee
Legislative amendments
Free and fair elections
Constitutional scholar
Candidacy requirements
Revolution-based terms
Civil uprising / rule/ disobedience
Military coup(detat)
Marches
Protests
Protestors
Mass protests
Protests erupted
Sit-ins
To sit in / camp out
Strikes (labor- unionists)
A call for a general strike
To stage pay strikes
To go on strikes
Demonstrations
Demonstrators
Rebellion
Rebel
To carry / lift the banner of change
Lifting / ending of the state of emergency
To hold the reins of rule
Categorial demands
Non-categorial demand
Pro-or anti-revolution
Anti-government protestors
Pro-government protestors
Tunisia-inspired demonstrations
Protestors raised the ceiling of demands
Cronies of the ousted regime
To patrol the streets
The army is containing the situation
To probe into lawlessness in Egypt
Sweeping investigation into corruption cases
Peoples will
Radical change
Sound measures

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Legitimate demands
Leaflets / tracts
Cancellation of the state of emergency law
Mounting pressure
Security pursuit
Regaining/(restoring) of life to normal/
normalcy
To disperse the crowd
General amnesty
To declare a general amnesty
Amnesty international
Pardon off (sb)(somebody)
Tahrir square, the protests epicenter
Cosmetic change
Accountability
The situation reached a crescendo
To impose curfew
Tp ease / abide by / breach of curfew
To cement home-front security
The economy will pay dearly
To evacuate nationals
A call for purge
To study court papers / documents of the case
Fuelled by
Unrest / disturbances / turmoil

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