Reprimand a Scots man breaking plate (8)

I believe the answer is:

admonish

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'reprimand' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a scots man breaking plate' is the wordplay.
'scots man' becomes 'mon' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'breaking' is an insertion indicator.
'plate' becomes 'dish' (type of plate).
'mon' going into 'dish' is 'dmonish'.
'a'+'dmonish'='ADMONISH'

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(Other definitions for admonish that I've seen before include "Chide, reprove" , "Tell off" , "Rebuke, tick off" , "Chide or reprimand" , "Warn sternly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.

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