Riot /(?)/
Ri·ot
Riot
n.
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Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
His headstrong riot hath no curb.
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Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
Venus loveth riot and dispense.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day.
- The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object. (Law)
Phrases & Compounds
- To run riot
- to act wantonly or without restraint.
Riot
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Rioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rioting
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To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.
Now he exact of all, wastes in delight, Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law.
No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
- To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or sedition. See Riot, n., 3. (Law)
Riot
v. t.
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To spend or pass in riot.
[He] had rioted his life out.