Definition of riot

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Riot (v. i.) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3..

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Saturnalia :: Saturnalia (n. pl.) Hence: A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence..
Revel-rout :: Revel-rout (n.) A rabble; a riotous assembly; a mob.
Heriot :: Heriot (n.) Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant..
Unchariot :: Unchariot (v. t.) To throw out of a chariot.
Shindy :: Shindy (n.) An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot.
Prosecute :: Prosecute (v. t.) To pursue with the intention of punishing; to accuse of some crime or breach of law, or to pursue for redress or punishment, before a legal tribunal; to proceed against judicially; as, to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot..
Guise :: Guise (n.) Cover; cloak; as, under the guise of patriotism..
Maccabees :: Maccabees (n. pl.) The name given later times to the Asmonaeans, a family of Jewish patriots, who headed a religious revolt in the reign of Antiochus IV., 168-161 B. C., which led to a period of freedom for Israel..
Whirlicote :: Whirlicote (n.) An open car or chariot.
Rioted :: Rioted (imp. & p. p.) of Rio.
Patriot :: Patriot (a.) Becoming to a patriot; patriotic.
Eisteddfod :: Eisteddfod (n.) Am assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom..
Poleless :: Poleless (a.) Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot..
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
Compatriot :: Compatriot (n.) One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling..
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To feast in a riotous manner; to carouse; to act the bacchanalian; to make merry.
Chariot :: Chariot (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat..
Sectionalism :: Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national..
Asmonean :: Asmonean (a.) Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty..
Accessory :: Accessory (a.) Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music..
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