riot
noun
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
rioter
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a word derived from
riot.
Example Sentences
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Former Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack on Jan. 6, 2021 after being shot with a stun gun by a rioter, felt betrayed by the DOJ’s reversal.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2026
One rioter, James Brett, made it clear that it wasn’t just about narrative control, though.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2025
Their sentencing memo includes a photograph of a smiling Johnston dressed as Jacob Chansley, the spear-carrying Capitol rioter known as the “QAnon Shaman,” at a Halloween party roughly two years after the siege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Johnston, 56, has acting credits in Hollywood going back to the mid-1990s and was fired from his role on animated series Bob's Burgers in December 2021after being identified as a possible rioter.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
Customarily, she had seemed to place his character somewhere between that of the professional rioter and that of the orang-outang; nevertheless, her manner at times just hinted a consciousness that this Caliban was her property.
From Penrod by Booth Tarkington
