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disorderly conduct

noun

, Law.
  1. any of various petty misdemeanors, generally including nuisances, breaches of the peace, offensive or immoral conduct in public, etc.


disorderly conduct

noun

  1. law any of various minor offences tending to cause a disturbance of the peace
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of disorderly conduct1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

Add to that a batch of misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges and a few felony drug raps, and it was time to move.

Petit turned himself over to police and was arrested for disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.

He was arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct in New Orleans.

He was ultimately fined $600 for two citations of disorderly conduct.

The drunken antics got the attention of local police, who arrested her for disorderly conduct.

He had about decided to plead guilty in the Magistrate's Court to disorderly conduct and all the rest of it!

One of the junior boys had been fired, according to Chet, for cutting classes, disorderly conduct and disrespectful behaviour.

In almost all cases the charge made is the same—disorderly conduct with soldiers.

More likely to arrest us for disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace, said Joe, disconsolately.

A month afterward they found him under an assumed name over on Blackwell's Island, doing three months for disorderly conduct.

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