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Definition of Rioters
1. rioter [n] - See also: rioter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rioters
Literary usage of Rioters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"Therefore only in case a State by rioters, exercising due diligence could have
prevented, or immediately crushed, an insurrection or riot, can it be made ..."
2. The Documentary History of the State of New-York: Arranged Under Direction by New York (State). Secretary's Office (1851)
"rioters, and should .have had him secured in Goal, had he had the Assistance of
Ten Men that would have taken arms and obeyed his orders, but that they all ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"As soon as peace and rioters ... such insurgents and rioters as have committed
criminal injuries against foreign States must be punished according to the ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1824)
"Hills of Indictment preferred against the rioters in the Dublin Theatre —Failure
of those Bills in consequence of the ..."
5. The Life and Public Services of Horatio Seymour: Together with a Complete by James Dabney McCabo (1868)
"... of the Mob—Defenceless Condition of the City—Weakness of the Authorities—The
Call for Troops—Increase of the Troubles—The rioters Defeat the IT. 8. ..."
6. The History of Pittsburgh: With a Brief Notice of Its Facilities of by Neville B. Craig (1851)
"Kiddoo, James, a complying distiller injured by rioters, 245. ... Marshal, Biddle,
his deputy Fox afraid to serve process against rioters in Allegheny ..."
7. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"A lady also stood up, and reasoned boldly with the rioters on the impropriety of
their conduct. They soon afterwards retreated, vociferating, ..."
8. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1885)
"A few moments sufficed for the rioters to mount the stairs, break open the door,
... The Government grew alarmed, summoned the rioters to disperse, ..."
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