riot shield

noun

A lightweight handheld protection device, generally used in riot control.

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Meanings

nounriot shield (plural riot shields)

plural riot shields

  1. governmentA lightweight handheld protection device, generally used in riot control.

    Riot shields, voodoo economics / Your turn, your turn

    1997, “Electioneering”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead
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APA

riot shield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riot%20shield

MLA

“riot shield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riot%20shield. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riot shield,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riot%20shield.

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