Threat of punishment contains rioting Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Threat of punishment contains rioting . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SANCTION.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SANCTION Threat of punishment contains rioting (8)
5% BIN Garbage container (3)
5% HATBOX Headgear container (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 17, 2025
5% LOL "OMG, that's a riot!" (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
5% POTS Nursery containers (4) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
5% FYODOR --- Dostoevsky, author of Crime and Punishment (6) The Times Specialist Oct 6, 2025
5% POETICJUSTICE Fitting punishment (13) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 5, 2025
5% DUCKINGSTOOL Old device for punishment (7,5) (12) Mirror Classic Oct 5, 2025
5% HUMIDOR Cuban container (7) New York Times Oct 4, 2025
5% NEST Egg container (4) New York Times Mini Sep 30, 2025
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