assault and battery

noun

law
: the crime of threatening and physically hitting or attacking someone

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He was charged with assaulting three of his female employees and was arrested on four misdemeanor charges, three counts of simple assault and battery, and one count of indecent exposure on Oct. 22. Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024 Hernandez is indicted on charges of assault and battery and threatening to do bodily harm in connection with the February 25 jailhouse altercation. Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 The suit includes allegations of civil rights violations, excessive force, and assault and battery. Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024 Asquith was charged in April in suburban Washington’s Loudoun County, Va., with misdemeanor assault and battery after a months-long sheriff’s probe into the boozy party in an off-site CIA office attended by at least a dozen people. Jim Mustian and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for assault and battery 

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“Assault and battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20and%20battery. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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assault and battery

noun
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