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breach of the peace en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive.
    • Short of high treason, the gravest form of breach of the peace known to British law is riot. 1938 May 16, “Jamaica: Riot Act”, in Time:
    • Four men and a woman were arrested and charged with breaches of the peace after a series of scuffles in which protesters and police received minor injuries. 2003 October 24, Aban Contractor et al., “Why a world leader used the servants' entrance”, in Sydney Morning Herald, retrieved 06 Oct 2012:
    • [T]he sheriff turned his eyes again. . . . "What have we here?" he cried; "two men boxing! Has there been a breach of the peace?" 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 32, in The Pioneers:
  2. (broadly) Any public disturbance or disorderly behavior.
    • Polly's suspicions were louder, her temper became uncertain; once or twice she forgot herself and used language calculated to cause a breach of the peace. 1898, George Gissing, chapter 20, in The Town Traveller:
    • Then, suddenly, the singing fell upon us and broke the silence into ruins. It was in the nature of a breach of the peace. 1912, Irving Bacheller, chapter 14, in ‘Charge It’:
    • My rural ride continues, and on a gloriously balmy day in Worth Matravers the only obvious sign of a breach of the peace is a flock of geese lolloping out of the pond, on to the lane. 2009 April 2, Jasper Gerard, “Bucolic Britain is stirring”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 06 Oct 2012:

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Relateds

disorderly conduct

Translations (16)

cmn 破壞治安罪 /破坏治安罪 (legal offense) · hu garázdaság (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · fi häiritsevä käytös (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · ga briseadh síochána (legal offense) · fi yleisen rauhan häiritseminen (legal offense) · de Landfriedensbruch (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · hu rendzavarás (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · hu rendbontás (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · fr trouble à l’ordre public (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · cmn 破壞治安 /破坏治安 (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · hu garázdaság (legal offense) · yue 破壞社會安寧 /破坏社会安宁 (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior) · cy tor heddwch (legal offense) · fr trouble à l’ordre public (legal offense) · de Landfriedensbruch (legal offense) · tl panggugulo (any public disturbance or disorderly behavior)