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riot control

measures used by police, military, or other security forces during a riot
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riot control

Summary

riot control ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • riot control is a type of social control[2].
  • riot control is a type of law enforcement[3].
  • riot control is a type of crowd control[4].
  • riot control's Commons category is recorded as Riot control[5].
  • riot control's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Riot control[6].
  • riot control's used by is recorded as riot police[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include social control[2], law enforcement[3], and crowd control[4].

Use and Application

riot control's used by is recorded as riot police[7].

Why It Matters

riot control ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (874 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). riot control. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/riot-control
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_riot-control_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{riot control}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/riot-control}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 26d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Used by → riot police
    Topic's main category → Category:Riot control
    Subclass of → social control, law enforcement, crowd control
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: riot-control, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289963910|riot control (#289963910)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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