antiriot
English
Etymology
anti- + riot
Adjective
antiriot (not comparable)
- Serving to counteract rioting.
- 1990, Brigitte Lebens Nacos, The Press, Presidents, and Crises
- Thus, the administration was not in favor of an antiriot bill before Congress that was designed to curb militant blacks suspected of encouraging riots.
- 2001, Neil Websdale, Policing the poor
- ...who told him that things were spiraling out of control in Edgehill and that the police were conducting antiriot maneuvers there.
- 1990, Brigitte Lebens Nacos, The Press, Presidents, and Crises
Anagrams
- tritonia