disturb the peace

idiom

: to behave in a violent or noisy manner in public

They were arrested for disturbing the peace.

Examples of disturb the peace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tension on the home front could disturb the peace while the moon aggravates Pluto. —USA TODAY, 30 June 2024

Handily, the airport is only a 10-minute drive away, though the planes don't disturb the peace. —William Leigh, theweek, 9 May 2024

Las Vegas police said 58 people were cited for assembling to disturb the peace, a misdemeanor. —Rio Yamat, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023

Even the calmest of protests disturb the peace to some extent. —David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2020

Thanks to its electric drivetrain, the rear-drive Minicab is also especially quiet so as not to wake other campers or disturb the peace around it. —Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 13 Jan. 2023

The issue is – is one government going to react in an aggressive and violent way to disturb the peace? —Sandi Sidhu, CNN, 19 Aug. 2022

Mother, Rosalie, Edwin and Asia are concerned, but most days don’t dare threaten to disturb the peace. —Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022

Though their friendship blossoms, both must tread carefully in each other’s lives so as not to disturb the peace and social standing each has established. —Emily Maskell, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2021