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View synonyms for assault and battery

assault and battery

noun

, Law.
  1. an assault with an actual touching or other violence upon another. : a&b


assault and battery

noun

  1. criminal law a threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack, which need amount only to touching with hostile intent
“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 assault and battery1

First recorded in 1580–90
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Example Sentences

Why, you could see that old girl fairly squirm when she got one of them assault-and-battery glances.

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