riot act

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Noun riot act has 2 senses

riot act - a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"
--₁ is a kind of rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand
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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