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PUBLIC NUISANCE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does public nuisance mean?

• PUBLIC NUISANCE (noun)
The noun PUBLIC NUISANCE has 1 sense:

1. a nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public

Familiarity information: PUBLIC NUISANCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PUBLIC NUISANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A nuisance that unreasonably interferes with a right that is common to the general public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

common nuisance; public nuisance

Context example:

a public nuisance offends the public at large

Hypernyms ("public nuisance" is a kind of...):

nuisance ((law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive)

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