 riot_act |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a vigorous reprimand | |
| Examples: | "I read him the riot act" |
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| Related terms: | rebuke | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them | |
| Related terms: | law criminal_law law | |
