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RIOT ACT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Riot Act" is a kind of...):
law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Holonyms ("Riot Act" is a part of...):
criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A vigorous reprimand
Example:
I read him the riot act
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("riot act" is a kind of...):
rebuke; reprehension; reprimand; reproof; reproval (an act or expression of criticism and censure)
