English-German translations for read someone the riot act

• jemandem die Leviten lesen

Definition of read someone the riot act

• To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand
• To give a formal warning for a riotous assembly to disperse, usually through reading a section of the

Examples

• She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.

Related words

• read someone's lips
• read someone's mind
• read someone like a book
• leave someone on read
• take the bread out of someone's mouth
• bake someone's bread