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assault and battery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

(countable, idiomatic, uncountable) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
assaults and batteries	Number=Plur		lexicographic