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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anti-riot police, riot squad, anti-riot squad
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شُرطةُ مُكافَحةِ الشَغَب
(šurṭat-u mukāfaḥat-i š-šaḡab)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Catalan:
policia antiavalots
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Chinese Mandarin:
防暴警察
(fángbào jǐngchá)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Dutch:
oproerpolitie
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Finnish:
mellakkapoliisi
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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French:
police antiémeute
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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German:
Bereitschaftspolizei
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Hungarian:
rohamrendőrség
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Irish:
póilíní círéibe
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Italian:
celere
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Italian:
polizia antisommossa
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Japanese:
機動隊
(kidōtai)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Korean:
경찰기동대
(gyeongchalgidongdae)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Norwegian Bokmål:
opprørspoliti
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
opprørspoliti
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Polish:
oddziały prewencji
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Polish:
prewencja
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Portuguese:
polícia de choque
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Portuguese:
batalhão de choque
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Russian:
ОМО́Н
(OMÓN)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Russian:
поли́ция по охра́не обще́ственного поря́дка
(polícija po oxráne obščéstvennovo porjádka)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Russian:
спецна́з
(specnáz)
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Spanish:
policía antidisturbios
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Spanish:
policía antimotines
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Swedish:
kravallpolis
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
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Welsh:
heddlu gwrth-derfysg
— a unit of police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds
