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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun riot act has 2 senses
- riot act(n = noun.communication) Array - a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act" is a kind of rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval
- riot act(n = noun.communication) Array - a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them; Array is a kind of law
is a part of criminal law
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