riot act | Amarkosh

Meaning of word riot act from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A vigorous reprimand.

Example : I read him the riot act.

Meaning : A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them.

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The quality of being rustic or gauche.

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Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

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Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

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A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

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An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.

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Be unable to move further.

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In an inverse or contrary manner.

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Of the remaining member of a pair.

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A recognizable kind.