2picket verb
pickets; picket·ed; picket·ing 1 : to stand or march in a public place in order to protest something or to prevent other workers from going to work during a strike [no obj] ▪ Workers picketed outside the grocery store. [+ obj] ▪ The union is picketing the factory. 2 [+ obj] : to guard (something, such as a road or camp) with a group of soldiers
