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disorderly conduct

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disorderly conduct
n. Law
An offense involving disturbance of the public peace and decency.
disorderly conduct
n
(Law) Law any of various minor offences tending to cause a disturbance of the peace
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Noun1.disorderly conduct - any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled
breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace
infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement - a crime less serious than a felony


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) Then he remembered how he had spent a night in the lockup for disorderly conduct in the street.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
All these old soldiers commit excesses which were tolerated in the time of the emperor, but which are not suffered now, for the people here do not like soldiers of such disorderly conduct.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Creakle, who was prowling about the passage, and handsomely flogged for disorderly conduct in the bedroom.
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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