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Reprimand Scots man breaking a plate (8)

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I believe the answer is:

admonish

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

'scots man breaking a plate' is the wordplay.
'scots man' becomes 'mon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'breaking' indicates putting letters inside.
'plate' becomes 'dish' (type of plate).
'a'+'dish'='adish'
'mon' going inside 'adish' is 'ADMONISH'.

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(Other definitions for admonish that I've seen before include "Chide, reprove" , "Scold, wag the finger at" , "Reprove, take to task" , "Reprove, warn" , "Chide or reprimand" .)

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