Rioting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Riot \Ri"ot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rioted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Rioting}.] [OF. rioter; cf. OD. ravotten.]
     1. 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.
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              Now he exact of all, wastes in delight,
              Riots in pleasure, and neglects the law. --Daniel.
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              No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. (Law) To disturb the peace; to raise an uproar or
        sedition. See {Riot}, n., 3. --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rioting
       n : a state of disorder involving group violence [syn: {riot}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "rioting":
     assault, attack, battering, butchery, disorderliness,
     forcible seizure, killing, laying waste, looting, massacre,
     obstreperousness, onslaught, pillaging, rape, riot, sacking,
     slaughter, sowing with salt, unruliness, violation