单词 | riot police |
释义 | riot police From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Policeriot policeˈriot poˌlice noun [plural]SCPpolice whose job is to stop riots Riot police fired tear gas into the crowd.Examples from the Corpusriot police• With students and riot police headed for a major confrontation, Seoul was once again a boiling cauldron.• He manages a hotel unhappily located across from the cathedral where workers and riot police have staged nightly confrontations.• The catalyst for the demonstrations was the beating to death of a student demonstrator by riot police.• As more than 300 people took to the streets, a police helicopter and eight vans carrying riot police were brought in.• Five hundred riot police now patrol the streets.• Hundreds of riot police on Nov. 2 clashed with students in Dhaka protesting against recent legislation to curb cheating in final exams.• Three school buses unload riot police. |
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