domestic violence

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acts of violence or abuse against a person living in one's household, especially a member of one's immediate family.

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How to use domestic violence in a sentence

His office has said it needs to focus its resources on felonies and more serious misdemeanors like domestic violence, sexual battery and drunk driving.
Judge faults Fairfax County prosecutors for failing to notify victim of trial|Justin Jouvenal|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
She helped organize health fairs, domestic violence summits and numerous other events, including an annual holiday party for autistic children.
Blanca Kling, a pillar in the Latino community who helped thousands of crime victims, dies of complications of covid-19|Luz Lazo|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
She testified before the California Senate in April 2019 on behalf of the Phoenix Act, designed to extend the statute of limitations on domestic violence felonies, and detailed her experience being groomed at 18 years old and later abused.
Evan Rachel Wood names Marilyn Manson in abuse allegations: ‘I am done living in fear of retaliation’|Sonia Rao|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
She and her 5-year-old son had fled gang and domestic violence, traveling by truck and bus across four countries.
A Maryland couple opened their home to a Honduran mother and son. They ended up sharing more than space.|Stephanie García|January 30, 2021|Washington Post

I personally have mixed feelings about that particular event—the NFL’s handling of issues like racism, police violence, and domestic violence have been ham-fisted at best.
Amanda Gorman will bring poetry—and politics—to the Super Bowl|Kristen Bellstrom|January 28, 2021|Fortune
The report builds on a recent UN report documenting the high economic costs worldwide of domestic violence.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turkey is not the only country trying to convince the private sector that domestic violence is their problem, too.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The report reframes the issue of domestic violence as not just a problem for society, but also for business.
The Women Battling an Islamist Strongman|Christina Asquith|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This year, Kalac was arrested for domestic violence in a case that apparently did not involve Coplin.
Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan?|Michael Daly|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Adriana Cazorla immigrated from Mexico in 1995 and is a domestic violence survivor.
Immigrant Women Facing Domestic Abuse Need Stronger Protections|Adriana Cazorla|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Protection against domestic violence is added with equal propriety.
The Federalist Papers|Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
Those interests were, he contended, menaced by “domestic violence” evidently beyond the control of the state power.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various
The words domestic violence might seem to refer solely to slave insurrections; but such is not the meaning of the words.
North America, Volume II (of 2)|Anthony Trollope
Who was to protect them against foreign invasion or domestic violence?
History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2|George Ticknor Curtis
When war and domestic violence were the main cause of social disturbance, the consumption aspect was most prominent.
The Value of Money|Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr.