English Explanatory Dictionary

assault and battery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

assault and battery assaults and batteries
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