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Definition of 'riot'Noun
( en-noun)
Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
* Shakespeare
- His headstrong riot hath no curb.
The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.
Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
* Chaucer
- Venus loveth riot and dispense.
* Alexander Pope
- the lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day
Derived terms
* rioter
* run riot
Verb
( en-verb)
To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
- The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base.
(obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.
* Daniel
- Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, / Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
* Alexander Pope
- No pulse that riots , and no blood that glows.
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Similar to 'riot'rat, rot, root, ret, rut, rout, reit, ryot, rit, reet, rehat, rouet, rewet, rowt
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