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riot

UK/ˈɹaɪ.ət/ US/ˈɹaɪ.ɪt/ fairly common
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.
2.

a state of disorder involving group violence

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verb

1.

take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot

  • “Students were rioting everywhere in 1968”
2.

engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making

  • “They were out carousing last night”
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Origin

From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“to roar”). Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.

Phrases

  • laugh riot
  • race riot
  • read someone the riot act
  • riot act
  • riot booster
  • riot boosting
  • riot gear

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