antiriot

English

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ riot.

Adjective

antiriot (not comparable)

  1. Serving to counteract rioting.
    • 1990, Brigitte Lebens Nacos, The Press, Presidents, and Crises:
      Thus, the administration was not in favor of an antiriot bill before Congress that was designed to curb militant blacks suspected of encouraging riots.
    • 2001, Neil Websdale, Policing the poor:
      ...who told him that things were spiraling out of control in Edgehill and that the police were conducting antiriot maneuvers there.

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