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Words related to riot

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  • riot act

    an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.

  • haymarket square

    a square in Chicago: scene of a riot (Haymarket Riot) in 1886 between police and labor unionists.

  • incite

    to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.

  • race riot

    a riot resulting from animosity or tensions between racial or ethnic groups.

  • riotous

    (of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.

  • altgeld

    John Peter, 1847–1902, U.S. politician, born in Germany: governor of Illinois 1892–96: made controversial decision to pardon those convicted in Haymarket Riot.
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