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riot act
 
Noun riot act has 2 senses
  1. riot act - a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"
    --1 is a kind of     rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
  2. Riot Act - a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
    --2 is a kind of     law
    --2 is a part of criminal law
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