English-Finnish translations for riot

• hulina
  Rock-festivaali oli yhtä hulinaa – etenkin, kun ukkosmyrsky osui kohdalle.
• mellakka
• hulinoida
• mellakoida
  Väkivaltaisten ryhmittymien ei voida antaa mellakoida, mutta vaikeissakin tilanteissa on aina hyödynnettävä oikeusvaltion toimintakeinoja. Rioting by violent groups is unacceptable, but even in problematic situations respect for the tools of the rule of law is indispensable.
• mellakoida hulinoida
• rähinä

Definition of riot

• Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult
• The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object
• Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry
• To create or take part in a #Noun|riot; to raise#Verb|raise an uproar or sedition
• To act#Verb|act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting#Noun|feasting, luxury, etc
• To cause#Verb|cause to riot; to throw#Verb|throw into a tumult

Examples

• In summer this flower garden is a riot of colour.
• The nuclear protesters rioted outside the military base

Related words

• chariot
• patriot
• patriotic
• compatriot
• patriotism
• rioter
• riotous
• Cypriot
• riots