Definition of riot

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Riot (n.) The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

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Compatriot :: Compatriot (a.) Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
Circus :: Circus (n.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows..
Arteriotomy :: Arteriotomy (n.) The opening of an artery, esp. for bloodletting..
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc..
Bacchical :: Bacchical (a.) Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous,with intoxication..
Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew..
Bloodwit :: Bloodwit (n.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled..
Unchariot :: Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot.
Copatriot :: Copatriot (n.) A joint patriot.
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
Rioter :: Rioter (n.) One who riots; a reveler; a roisterer.
Dissipation :: Dissipation (n.) A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in vicious indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness..
Patriotism :: Patriotism (n.) Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
Cart :: Cart (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot..
Carter :: Carter (n.) A charioteer.
Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune..
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.
Bloodshed :: Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder..
Carnival :: Carnival (n.) Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess..
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