Synonyms of riot act

Noun


1. riot act, rebuke, reproof, reproval, reprehension, reprimand

usage: a vigorous reprimand; "I read him the riot act"

2. Riot Act, law

usage: a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them

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