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  1. anti-riot

    Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots. Riot police may be regular police who act in the role of riot police in particular situations or they may be separate units organized within or in parallel to regular police forces. Riot police are used in a variety of different situations and for a variety of different purposes. They may be employed to control riots as their name suggests, to disperse or control crowds, to maintain public order or discourage criminality, or to protect people or property.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anti-riot in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anti-riot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of anti-riot in a Sentence

  1. The New York Times:

    Some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.

  2. Juan Carlos Ruiz:

    Having the military handle a protest rally is not the best idea, even the anti-riot police, with all the issues and incidents they have been involved so far in the protest, at least they are a body of trained professionals specialized in dealing with protesters. A soldier is not trained in conflict resolution : they are trained to kill.

  3. Cissy Kagaba:

    They (anti-riot gear) will have an intimidating effect... it's going to be difficult to convince us that these things have been bought for legitimate security concerns.

  4. The New York Times:

    While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.


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