riot police

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Usage notes

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

Translations

 * Catalan: policia antiavalots
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: police antiémeute
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: póilíní círéibe
 * Italian:, polizia antisommossa
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 경찰기동대(警察機動隊)
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: opprørspoliti
 * Nynorsk: opprørspoliti
 * Polish: oddziały prewencji,
 * Portuguese: polícia de choque, batalhão de choque
 * Russian:, поли́ция по охра́не обще́ственного поря́дка,
 * Spanish: antidisturbios
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: heddlu gwrth-derfysg