Defenition of the word riot act

• Defenition of the word riot act

  • a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them
  • a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"
  • a vigorous reprimand

Synonyms for the word riot act

• • Riot Act

Meronymys for the word riot act

• • criminal law

Hypernyms for the word riot act

• • law
  • rebuke
  • reprehension
  • reprimand
  • reproof
  • reproval

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