assault and battery

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asˌsault and ˈbattery noun [uncountable] law  SCCthe crime of threatening to attack someone physically and then attacking them 企图伤害与殴击罪

Examples from the Corpus

assault and battery• He also was arrested Dec. 22 in Lowell on a charge of domestic assault and battery, which is pending.• What fault element is required for assault and battery?• The guy could still walk, and we had filed a civil suit, for assault and battery.• Since grievous bodily harm can be committed by an omission it would be strange if assault and battery could not be.• Several assault and battery charges had brought him trouble with the police.• What happened back there was assault and battery.• The princess was charged with assault and battery and unlawful interference with the operation of an aircraft.

asˌsault and ˈbattery nounChineseSyllable  

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assault and battery
asˌsault and ˈbattery noun [uncountable] law
the crime of threatening to attack someone physically and then attacking them

assault and batteryBrE /əˌsɔːlt ən ˈbætəri/ 🔊NAmE /əˌsɔːlt ən ˈbætəri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (law 法律) the crime of threatening to harm sb and then attacking them physically 企图伤害罪和殴击罪