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| NOUN | 1 | riot act | A vigorous reprimand |
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| 2 | Riot Act | A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them |
| Meaning | A vigorous reprimand. |
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| Examples | "I read him the riot act" |
| Broader | rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand |
| Meaning | A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them. |
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| Part of | criminal law |
| Category | law, jurisprudence |
| Broader | law |
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