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BREACH OF THE PEACE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does breach of the peace mean?

• BREACH OF THE PEACE (noun)
The noun BREACH OF THE PEACE has 1 sense:

1. any act of molesting or interrupting or hindering or disquieting or agitating or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled

Familiarity information: BREACH OF THE PEACE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BREACH OF THE PEACE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any act of molesting or interrupting or hindering or disquieting or agitating or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breach of the peace; disorderly behavior; disorderly conduct; disturbance of the peace

Hypernyms ("breach of the peace" is a kind of...):

infraction; infringement; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; offence; offense; violation (a crime less serious than a felony)

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