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riot act

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meanings of riotand act


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riot
noun
uk /ˈraɪ.ət/ us /ˈraɪ.ət/
an occasion when a large number of people behave in a noisy, violent, and uncontrolled way in public, often as ...
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act
noun
uk /ækt/ us /ækt/
something that ...
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Examples of riot act


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Some, like the riotact, are not referential in their idiomatic use.
It is quite clear that many of them will riotact upon this economic sanction.
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For instance, if there is difficulty on board a ship, the lower deck is cleared and the riotact is read.
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The meeting descended into violence between the protesters and the police, with the riotact being read.
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At least once the drivers had been read the riotact turn up or face extinction.
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The next day, the riotact was read and mass arrests of the strikers were begun, including a raid on the church.
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The riotact was read, and two or three of the ringleaders were taken prisoners.
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Shiv bails them out and reads them the riotact at home.
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They have been reviewed as the riotact of the show.
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When it became known that the lower storey of the building was on fire, the riotact was read, following which the police opened fire on the crowd.
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That suggests that the whole process is riot acting as a deterrent.
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