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grievous bodily harm

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grievous bodily harm

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌgrievous ˌbodily ˈharm noun [uncountable]  British English lawSCLSCC serious injury caused by a criminal attack 重大身体伤害,重伤 SYN GBH
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grievous bodily harmAnother 40 people are facing charges of riot and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.Arthurs, 33, of Exeter, was jailed for nine months after admitting causing grievous bodily harm.On that occasion he received a sentence of imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm.Quiet type, but with a neat turn in grievous bodily harm.Claire and Wynn were also charged with conspiracy to inflict grievous bodily harm on Cotter.It is claimed Metclafe inflicted grievous bodily harm to a man and then attempted to pervert the course of justice.In court Diaz admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm and affray and Walker admitted affray and assault causing actual bodily harm.A local man who has been charged with grievous bodily harm will face further questioning today before he appears before magistrates.
Corpus injury by a attack criminal serious caused


grievous bodily harm
ˌgrievous ˌbodily ˈharm noun [uncountable]
British English law serious injury caused by a criminal attack
   SYN  GBH


grievous bodily harmBrE /ˌɡriːvəs ˌbɒdɪli ˈhɑːm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɡriːvəs ˌbɑːdɪli ˈhɑːrm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (abbreviation GBH) (BrE, law 法律) the crime of causing sb serious physical injury 严重人体伤害(罪)   compare actual bodily harm