Old Means Of Crowd Control Crossword Clue

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	noun • a former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them • a vigorous reprimand
	33%	7		Means of crowd control
	noun • a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds verb • attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes
	31%	7		Means of crowd control
	noun • a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds

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