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BREACH OF THE PEACE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breach of the peace mean?
• BREACH OF THE PEACE (noun)
The noun BREACH OF THE PEACE has 1 sense:
1. any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
Familiarity information: BREACH OF THE PEACE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
breach of the peace; disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; disturbance of the peace
Hypernyms ("breach of the peace" is a kind of...):
infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; violation (a crime less serious than a felony)
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