antiriot

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adjective

Serving to counteract rioting.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

adjectiveantiriot (not comparable)

alternative anti-riot

  1. not comparableServing to counteract rioting.

    ...who told him that things were spiraling out of control in Edgehill and that the police were conducting antiriot maneuvers there.

    2001, Neil Websdale, Policing the poor
    1 more example

    Thus, the administration was not in favor of an antiriot bill before Congress that was designed to curb militant blacks suspected of encouraging riots.

    1990, Brigitte Lebens Nacos, The Press, Presidents, and Crises

Origin

Translations

Catalan antidisturbis, antiavalots
  • antidisturbisserving to counteract rioting
  • antiavalotsserving to counteract rioting
French antiémeute
  • antiémeuteserving to counteract rioting
Spanish antidisturbios, antimotines
  • antidisturbiosserving to counteract rioting
  • antimotinesserving to counteract rioting

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APA

antiriot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiriot

MLA

“antiriot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiriot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiriot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiriot.

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