¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiriot
1. designed to prevent or end riots [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiriot
Literary usage of Antiriot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who Needs Las Vegas?: Gambling and Its Impacts in a Southwestern Minnesota by Mikal J. Aasved, James M. Schaefer (1994)
"ABST: The SPG is an antiriot, paramilitary police unit. Currently, it consists
of 204 officers divided into 6 units; it has its own independent command ..."
2. Justice as Prevention: Vetting Public Employees in Transitional Societies by Alexander Mayer-rieckh, Pablo De Greiff (2007)
"... who had been in the antiriot police unit that brutally acted against peaceful
anticommunist demonstrations in January 1989. ..."
3. Combating Terrorism: A U.S. Marine Corps Field ManualPolitical Science (1994)
"Pyrotechnic pistols Riot guns Tear gas launchers Hand-held flashlights antiriot
helmets Side-handled batons Handcuffs Body armor Leg armor Hand-held radios ..."
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