RIOT ACT


Meaning of RIOT ACT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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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