What is the meaning of rioting?

noun

  • A state of disorder involving group violence.

verb

  • Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot.
    • usage: "Students were rioting everywhere in 1968"
  • Engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking.
    • usage: "They were out carousing last night"
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