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2. | rout - an overwhelming defeat | |
Verb | 1. | rout - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" |
2. | rout - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" | |
3. | rout - make a groove in Synonyms: gouge | |
4. | rout - defeat disastrously Synonyms: spreadeagle, spread-eagle |
ROUT, crim. law. A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together
with an intention to do a thing, which, if executed, would have made them
rioters, and actually making a motion towards the execution of their
purpose.
2. It generally agrees in all particulars with a riot, except only in
this, that it may be a complete offence without the execution of the
intended enterprise. Hawk. c. 65, s. 14; 1 Russ. on Cr. 253; 4 Bl. Com. 140;
Vin. Abr. Riots, &c., A 2 Com. Dig. Forcible Entry, D 9.