assault and battery

noun

law

: the crime of threatening and physically hitting or attacking someone

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In March, Jabbari sued the former Marvel actor for defamation, malicious prosecution, assault and battery, detailing more instances where Majors allegedly physically abused her during their nearly two-year relationship. —

Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024 The South Carolina basketball star was arrested in late August on assault and battery and kidnapping charges. —

Chantz Martin, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024 The maximum penalty for misdemeanor assault and battery is 93 days in jail and a fine of $500, and for felony ethnic intimidation, up to two years imprisonment and a fine of $5,000. —

Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2024 Asquith was charged in April in suburban Washington’s Loudoun County, Virginia, with misdemeanor assault and battery following a monthslong sheriff’s probe into the boozy party in an off-site CIA office attended by at least a dozen people. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for assault and battery

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