Definitions from Wiktionary (read someone the riot act)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand.
▸ verb:  (British, Commonwealth, archaic, historical) To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the Riot Act.



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