Definition of Riots. Meaning of Riots. Synonyms of Riots

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Definition of Riots

Riot
Riot Ri"ot, n. [OF. riote, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. revot, ravot.] 1. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult. His headstrong riot hath no curb. --Shak. 2. Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry. Venus loveth riot and dispense. --Chaucer. The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day. --Pope. 3. (Law) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. To run riot, to act wantonly or without restraint.
Riot
Riot Ri"ot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.] 1. To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess. Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel. No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. --Pope. 2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. --Johnson.
Riot
Riot Ri"ot, v. t. To spend or pass in riot. [He] had rioted his life out. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Riots from wikipedia

- institutions, and religious buildings. Riots often occur in reaction to a grievance or out of dissent. Historically, riots have occurred due to poverty, unemployment...
- Stonewall riots, and there was already the emergence of a **** liberation movement in New York at the time of the riots. The Stonewall riots were not the...
- The 1992 Los Angeles riots (also called the Rodney King riots or the 1992 Los Angeles uprising) were a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred...
- riots in the last few decades. Handsworth Riots may refer to: 1981 Handsworth riots 1985 Handsworth riots 1991 Handsworth riots 2005 Birmingham riots...
- aftermath of the Watts riots. The riots are depicted in the third issue of the Before Watchmen: Comedian comic book. The riots are referred to in the...
- Vadodara riots 2015 Bharuch riots 2017 Patan riots Parsi–Muslim riots, pre-independence riots in Gujarat and Bombay 1857 Bharuch riot This disambiguation page...
- doctors' riots (1807) 1812 Baltimore riots Baltimore bank riot (1835) Know-Nothing Riot of 1856 Baltimore election riot of 1857 Baltimore election riot of 1858...
- in the riot were charged with carrying or using a weapon—such as guns, knives, axes, chemical sprays, police gear, and stun guns—in the riots to ****ault...
- England riots may refer to: 1715 England riots, across England 1919 England riots, Liverpool, Cardif and Salford, attacks on Black and minority ethnic...
- 2011 England riots, more widely known as the London riots, were a series of riots between 6 and 11 August 2011. Thousands of people rioted in cities and...