riot police

English

A unit of riot police.

riot police (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.
Synonyms: anti-riot police, riot squad, anti-riot squad

As a collective noun, the riot police are referred to using plural pronouns and verb forms, such as they and were.

a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds

Catalan: policia antiavalots f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防暴警察 (zh) (fángbào jǐngchá)
Dutch: oproerpolitie (nl) f
Finnish: mellakkapoliisi (fi)
French: police antiémeute f
German: Bereitschaftspolizei (de) f
Hungarian: rohamrendőrség (hu)
Irish: póilíní círéibe m pl
Italian: celere (it), polizia antisommossa f
Japanese: 機動隊 (ja) (きどうたい, kidōtai)
Korean: 경찰기동대(警察機動隊) (gyeongchalgidongdae)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: opprørspoliti n

Nynorsk: opprørspoliti n
Polish: oddziały prewencji m pl, prewencja (pl) f (colloquial)
Portuguese: polícia de choque f, batalhão de choque m
Russian: ОМО́Н (ru) m (OMÓN), поли́ция по охра́не обще́ственного поря́дка f (polícija po oxráne obščéstvennovo porjádka), спецна́з (ru) m (specnáz)
Spanish: antidisturbios m pl
Swedish: kravallpolis (sv) c
Welsh: heddlu gwrth-derfysg m

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