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Breach of the peace

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive.

    "[T]he sheriff turned his eyes again. . . . "What have we here?" he cried; "two men boxing! Has there been a breach of the peace?""

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    Any public disturbance or disorderly behavior. broadly

    "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."

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