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/britʃ əv ðə pis/ Listen

Breach of the peace

noun

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. Synonyms: disorderly behavior, disorderly conduct, disturbance of the peace.

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"Breach of the peace" Quotes from Famous Books

... as to the cause of such a breach of the peace of the Academy, all the seventeen Crows attempted to explain the high-handed and inexcusable conduct of the wicked Dozen which had picked on eighteen defenseless men and made them prisoners. The instructor had been a boy himself once, and he could not entirely conceal a little ...

— The Dozen from Lakerim • Rupert Hughes

Words linked to "Breach of the peace" : disturbance of the peace, infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, disorderly conduct, violation, infringement, disorderly behavior