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Definitions for rioter
ri·ot·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rioternoun

    troublemaker who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace; someone who rises up against the constituted authority

Wiktionary

  1. rioternoun

    One who riots; part of the unruly violent crowd causing a riot.

    The rioters had erected a makeshift barricade and were pelting the police with rocks from behind it.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Rioternoun

    Etymology: from riot.

Wikipedia

  1. rioter

    A riot is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targeted varies depending on the riot and the inclinations of those involved. Targets can include shops, cars, restaurants, state-owned institutions, and religious buildings.Riots often occur in reaction to a grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poverty, unemployment, poor living conditions, governmental oppression, taxation or conscription, conflicts between ethnic groups (race riot) or religions (sectarian violence, pogrom), the outcome of a sporting event (sports riot, football hooliganism) or frustration with legal channels through which to air grievances.While individuals may attempt to lead or control a riot, riots typically consist of disorganized groups that are frequently "chaotic and exhibit herd behavior." There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that riots are not irrational, herd-like behavior (sometimes called mob mentality), but actually follow inverted social norms.Dealing with riots is often a difficult task for police forces. They may use tear gas or CS gas to control rioters. Riot police may use less-than-lethal methods of control, such as shotguns that fire flexible baton rounds to injure or otherwise incapacitate rioters for easier arrest.

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  1. rioter

    A rioter is an individual who participates in a violent disturbance of the peace, also known as a riot. They tend to act in a group and display aggressive or destructive behavior, often in public places, as a means of expressing discontent or demanding change about a particular situation or issue.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rioternoun

    one who riots; a reveler; a roisterer

  2. Rioternoun

    one who engages in a riot. See Riot, n., 3

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rioter in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rioter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rioter in a Sentence

  1. The FBI:

    This attack continues for approximately 16 seconds until Foy is knocked down by another rioter. ... Foy raises his hockey stick above his head in celebration.

  2. Nancy Mace:

    My office is two doors downfrom AOC.Not at one moment during theevents of Jan. 6didany rioter or any insurrectionist comedown thehallways where our offices arelocated.

  3. Lyndon B. Johnson:

    A rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a sheet on his back and mask on his face. They are both more or less what the law declares them lawbreakers, destroyers of constitutional rights and liberties and ultimately destroyers of a free America.

  4. Lee Rowland:

    The fact that some other human makes a decision to violate the law does not make you a criminal, and the problem with that law is that it views every protestor with criminal suspicion, so while rioting is not protected, the problem with that bill is it took every protester and rounded them up to a rioter effectively if one person makes the choice to break the law.

  5. Alec Baldwin:

    When I sent the $ for your late brother, out of real respect for his service to this country, I didn't know you were a January 6th rioter.


Translations for rioter

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  • terfysgwrWelsh
  • mellakoitsija, mellakoijaFinnish
  • émeutier, émeutièreFrench
  • baderneiroPortuguese
  • бунта́рь, бунтовщи́к, повста́нец, мяте́жникRussian

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