"shout fire in a crowded theater" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shouts fire in a crowded theater [present, singular, third-person], shouting fire in a crowded theater [participle, present], shouted fire in a crowded theater [participle, past], shouted fire in a crowded theater [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shout fire in a crowded theater (third-person singular simple present shouts fire in a crowded theater, present participle shouting fire in a crowded theater, simple past and past participle shouted fire in a crowded theater)
  1. (idiomatic) To say something which is not protected by the First Amendment's right to freedom of speech because it would incite violence, panic or lawlessness. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-shout_fire_in_a_crowded_theater-en-verb-vdhna-9w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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