riot squad
noun
a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
Origin of riot squad
1First recorded in 1945–50
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How to use riot squad in a sentence
The riot squad knew that if the crowd was going to violently confront police, that’s where it would probably happen.
“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection | by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan | February 12, 2021 | ProPublicaMeanwhile, officers belonging to the riot squad were making their way into the district to start their shifts.
“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection | by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan | February 12, 2021 | ProPublicaOne of those who fell suffered terrible injuries after being struck at close range by birdshot from a riot-squad shotgun.
New Riots Rock Egypt Amid Finger-Pointing Over Soccer Deaths | Alastair Beach | February 3, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMcGuire's riot squad arrived, discreetly ranged itself at the end of the block and fired.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | Various
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