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♦ riot /ˈraɪət/n.1 sommossa; sollevazione: Riots broke out after the police shot dead a suspect, sono scoppiate delle sommosse in seguito all'uccisione di un sospetto da parte della polizia; to start (o to spark, to provoke) a riot, scatenare una sommossa; to quell a riot, sedare una sommossa; race riot, sommossa razziale2 tumulto; protesta3 (fig.) orgia: a riot of colours [of emotions], un'orgia di colori [di emozioni]4 (fam.) cannonata (fig. fam.); successone: Last night's performance was a riot, la rappresentazione di ieri sera è stata un successone● (stor.) the Riot Act, la legge contro le sommosse (o i tumulti popolari: del 1715, abrogata nel 1967) □ (fig.) to read (sb. ) the Riot Act, dare una severa ammonizione (a q.) □ riot gear, tenuta da sommossa, equipaggiamento antisommossa ( elmetti, scudi, ecc.) □ riot gun, fucile antisommossa □ riot police, polizia antisommossa □ (ass.) riot risk, rischio di sommosse popolari □ riot shield, scudo antisommossa □ riot squad, reparto antisommossa □ to run riot, scatenarsi ( anche fig.); ( di piante) crescere con eccessivo rigoglio, lussureggiare: On holiday the children ran riot, in vacanza, i bambini si sono scatenati; Her imagination ran riot, la sua fantasia si è sbizzarrita.(to) riot /ˈraɪət/v. i.1 insorgere; sollevarsi: Inmates rioted in protest against the harsh detention conditions, i carcerati si sono sollevati per protestare contro le dure condizioni carcerarie3 (arc.) darsi agli stravizi● to riot in, indulgere (o abbandonarsi, darsi) a □ to riot one's money [time] away, sprecare il denaro [il tempo] in bagordi.
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