(a riot)
121riot — See: READ THE RIOT ACT, RUN RIOT …
122riot act — noun Etymology: the Riot Act, English law of 1715 providing for the dispersal of riots upon command of legal authority Date: 1819 a vigorous reprimand or warning used in the phrase read the riot act …
123Riot (Telenet Japan) — The Riot subidiary of Telenet Japan was best known for employing graphic artist and later director Eiji Kikuchi, and music composer Michiko Naruke.It came into existence in 1991 when Telenet Japan was expanding in the country. However, because… …
124Riot Act — Le Riot Act (1 Geo.1 St.2 c.5) est une loi du Parlement de Grande Bretagne votée en 1714 qui autorise les autorités locales à déclarer tout rassemblement de plus de douze personnes comme hors la loi, pouvant ainsi les contraindre à se disperser… …
125Riot Act — 1. an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony. 2. read (someone)… …
126riot — Synonyms and related words: abundance, ado, affluence, affray, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, anarchism, anarchy, arise, assault, attack, avalanche, barbarize, batter, battering, battle, belly laugh, best seller, big hit, blue story,… …
127riot act — n. stem warning to read the riot act to * * * [ raɪətækt] [ stem warning ] to read the riot act to …
128riot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. brawl, uprising; disorder, row, fracas, uproar, tumult. See disobedience, violence. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. confusion, uproar, tumult, public disturbance; see disorder 2 , disturbance 2 , protest . •… …
