Molly Maguire
Definition of Molly Maguire
A
member
of
a
secret
association
formed
among
the
tenantry
in
Ireland
about
1843
,
principally
for
the
purpose
of
intimidating
law
officers
and
preventing
the
service
of
legal
writs
.
Its
members
disguised
themselves
in
the
dress
of
women
.
A
member
of
a
similar
association
of
Irishmen
organized
in
the
anthracite
coal
region
of
Pennsylvania
,
about
1854
,
for
the
purpose
of
intimidating
employers
and
officers
of
the
law
,
and
for
avenging
themselves
by
murder
on
persons
obnoxious
to
them
.
The
society
was
broken
up
by
criminal
prosecutions
in
1876
.
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