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acquaintance violence

noun

  1. impulsive aggressive behaviour towards someone with whom the attacker has been in contact
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It added that its site goes further than the Home Office crime-mapping website which does not distinguish stranger attacks from domestic or acquaintance violence and "can make people assume the risk to them of violent crime is worse than it is".

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