prison riot

collocation in English

meaningsofprisonandriot

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prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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riot
noun
uk
/ˈraɪ.ət/us
/ˈraɪ.ət/
an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as ...
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(Definition ofprisonandriotfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I have seen the effects of aprisonriotand prisoners on prison roofs.
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Aprisonriotoccurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong.
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At a later point aprisonriotoccurred.
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He organized aprisonriotso he could escape.
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It would be instructive to compare the cost of a majorprisonriotwith the annual cost of education in prisons.
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They inadvertently break up theprisonriotand the grateful warden issues them a pardon.
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They are discovered, but manage to escape, causing aprisonriotand fire in the process.
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During theprisonriot, over 300 family members arrived at the scene.
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There was poor morale amongst inmates in the 1980s leading to a majorprisonriot.
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More than 200 police officers were used to quell theprisonriotafterwards.
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When he tries to retaliate, a prisoner from behind the fence threatens him not to and aprisonriotensues.
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Ironically, the enemies were forced to team up in order to survive aprisonriotwhich was directed at them.
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His fight results in a large-scaleprisonriotand ultimately spells the end of the controversial show.
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The men agree and say they will hold off for a little longer, and instead go to dinner and cause a smallprisonriot.
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Aprisonriotis a large-scale, temporary act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners against prison administrators, prison officers, or other groups of prisoners.
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