Meanings
alternative anti-riot
- 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 poor1 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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antiriot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiriot
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