Definitions for breach of the peace

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

breach′ of the peace′(n.)

  1. a violation of the public peace, as by a riot, disturbance, or fighting.

    Category: Law

Origin of breach of the peace:

1665–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. disorderly conduct, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace, 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


Translations for breach of the peace

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

breach of the peace(verb)

a riot, disturbance or public fight

guilty of breach of the peace.

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