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breach of the peace
noun as in breach of peace
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As a result he was in and out of custody for drug offences, breach of the peace, break-ins and theft, at one point serving a two-year prison sentence.
The 29-year-old, who won 100m bronze at last summer's Paris Games, faces charges of battery, resisting a police officer and breach of the peace following the incident on Thursday evening.
He denied all the offences, but a jury found him guilty of charges under the Terrorism Act, racism, anti-semitism, holocaust denial and breach of the peace.
Watt is also alleged to have struggled with the officers, refused to co-operate with them when lawfully required to do so and committed a breach of the peace.
Two other men, aged 16 and 21, were also arrested for breach of the peace and resisting arrest.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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