Usually means: Violent public disturbances by crowds.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. riots: Merriam-Webster
  2. riots: Collins English Dictionary
  3. riots: Vocabulary.com
  4. Riot's, Riots, riot's, riots: Wordnik
  5. riots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. riots: Wiktionary
  7. riots: Dictionary.com
  8. riots: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Riots, The Riots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. riots: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. riots: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. riots: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riots: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. riots: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (riot)

noun:  A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
noun:  (figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.
noun:  (colloquial, uncountable) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
noun:  Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.
noun:  (obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
verb:  (intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.
verb:  (transitive) To annoy.
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