riot act

English - Turkish

Definition of riot act in English Turkish dictionary: isyancıların dağılmaları konusunda uyaran kanun
read the riot act: azarlamak
read the riot act: fırça çekmek
read sb the riot act: verip veriştirmek
read s.o. the riot act: {k} birine dünyanın kaç bucak olduğunu göstermek, birini sert bir şekilde azarlamak
read the riot act to: ayağını denk almasını söylemek
read the riot act to: davranışlarına dikkat etmesi konusunda uyarmak
read the riot act to: çıkışmak

English - English

Definition of riot act in English English dictionary: An English law that stated that if 12 or more people assembled unlawfully in a public place they must disperse when read a proclamation; {i} law passed in England in 1715 forbidding the raucous gathering of a group of 12 or more people; {i} harsh scolding, strong rebuke; 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
read somebody the riot act: To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand
She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.
read someone the riot act: give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly
read the riot act: give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly
read the riot act to: {f} give someone a strict scolding, reprimand strongly

riot act

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ri·ot act

rayıt äkt

/ˈrīət ˈakt/ /ˈraɪət ˈækt/

() Properly An act for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies, and for the more speedy and effectual punishing the rioters — 1715

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