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rip (3)
rip-and-read
rip curl
rip current
rip into
rip-o-matic
rip off
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Riot Act
Ri·ot Act


noun 
Definition:
 
law to disperse riots: an English law, passed in 1713, providing that persons making a public disturbance had to disperse within one hour of having had the act read to them by a magistrate
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