RIOT ACT


Meaning of RIOT ACT in English

Function: noun

Etymology: the Riot Act, English law of 1715 providing for the dispersal of riots upon command of legal authority

Date: 1819

: a vigorous reprimand or warning ― used in the phrase read the riot act

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