riot police en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and dispersal.
Deriveds
Synonyms
anti-riot police · riot squad · anti-riot squad
Translations (26)
ar شُرطةُ مُكافَحةِ الشَغَب (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · sv kravallpolis (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · nn opprørspoliti (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · fr police antiémeute (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · es policía antimotines (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · pl oddziały prewencji (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ru ОМО́Н (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · it celere (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ko 경찰기동대 (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · it polizia antisommossa (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · hu rohamrendőrség (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ca policia antiavalots (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · cmn 防暴警察 (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ja 機動隊 (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ga póilíní círéibe (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · pt polícia de choque (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · pt batalhão de choque (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · nl oproerpolitie (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · cy heddlu gwrth-derfysg (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ru спецна́з (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · de Bereitschaftspolizei (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · fi mellakkapoliisi (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · es policía antidisturbios (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · nb opprørspoliti (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · ru поли́ция по охра́не обще́ственного поря́дка (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds) · pl prewencja (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds)