"riot police" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} riot police (uncountable)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: riot police Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law enforcement Synonyms: anti-riot police, riot squad, anti-riot squad Derived forms: riot police officer Translations (a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds): policia antiavalots [feminine] (Catalan), 防暴警察 (fángbào jǐngchá) (Chinese Mandarin), oproerpolitie [feminine] (Dutch), mellakkapoliisi (Finnish), police antiémeute [feminine] (French), Bereitschaftspolizei [feminine] (German), rohamrendőrség (Hungarian), póilíní círéibe [masculine, plural] (Irish), celere (Italian), polizia antisommossa [feminine] (Italian), 機動隊 (kidōtai) (alt: きどうたい) (Japanese), 경찰기동대 (gyeongchalgidongdae) (alt: 警察機動隊) (Korean), opprørspoliti [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), opprørspoliti [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oddziały prewencji [masculine, plural] (Polish), prewencja [colloquial, feminine] (Polish), polícia de choque [feminine] (Portuguese), batalhão de choque [masculine] (Portuguese), ОМО́Н (OMÓN) [masculine] (Russian), поли́ция по охра́не обще́ственного поря́дка (polícija po oxráne obščéstvennovo porjádka) [feminine] (Russian), спецна́з (specnáz) [masculine] (Russian), antidisturbios [masculine, plural] (Spanish), kravallpolis [common-gender] (Swedish), heddlu gwrth-derfysg [masculine] (Welsh)

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