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Meanings of read the riot in English

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Usage of read the riot in English
1
There is no occasion for the magistrate to read the riot act.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
2
Then Mac called the men together and read the riot act to them.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
3
I told him I'd have read the riot act in the dressing room.
The Guardian
4
When Henrietta declared herself Alonzo read the riot act and declared marital law.
Somewhere in Red Gap
5
These guys need to be read the riot act, Wallace continued.
Jamaica Observer
6
After days of disunity, Scott Morrison read the riot act.
The Guardian
7
Patty imagined the look in her mother's eyes as she was read the riot act.
The new yorker
8
I believe Prime Minister Holness should read the riot act to the Cabinet from the get-go.
Jamaica Observer
9
I read the riot act at half time.
BBC
10
It was half an hour before the police came and read the riot notice outside our door.
Voices in the dark
11
Rumors had them heading for Argentina, but he'd have Marshall read the riot act to the Argentines.
Red inferno: 1945
12
Aunt Polly called to him and began to read the riot act, but Leander said: Let him be!
The Desert and the Sown
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We have to go in detachment, or else the police would come and read the riot act against us.
Sunrise
14
I actually witnessed him read the riot act to the National Security advisor in front of a couple of generals.
Patient Zero
15
In another tweet, Mboweni lashed out at Masina, saying he needed to be read the riot act over his utterances.
The South African
16
He's the fud that's lacking respect, because he's the one using Dunnsy's death as an excuse to read the riot act.
Pandaemonium
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Read the riot across language varieties
United Kingdom
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