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Disorderly conduct   /dɪsˈɔrdərli kəndˈəkt/   Listen
Disorderly conduct

noun
1.
Any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled.  Synonyms: breach of the peace, disorderly behavior, disturbance of the peace.






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"Disorderly conduct" Quotes from Famous Books



... know who they are?'—'Order them to be sought for.'—'Why, your brother has been involved in a quarrel, and killed in a duel. All these old soldiers commit excesses which were tolerated in the time of the emperor, but which are not suffered now, for the people here do not like soldiers of such disorderly conduct.'—'Monsieur,' I replied, 'it is not for myself that I entreat your interference—I should grieve for him or avenge him, but my poor brother had a wife, and were anything to happen to me, the poor ...
— The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... the window, evidently," said the captain, with asperity, "and broken it. Who is to pay for it? If you say it was Jones, it is my duty to hold you as witnesses, if Mr. Riis makes a charge of disorderly conduct against him, as I suppose he will." He trod hard on my toe. "A man cannot jump through another man's window ...
— The Making of an American • Jacob A. Riis

... establish its rules pertaining to meetings, proceedings and internal discipline, and may punish members for disorderly conduct. However, in order to expel a member, a majority of two-thirds or more of those members present must pass a ...
— The Constitution of Japan, 1946 • Japan

... has the right to punish its own members for disorderly conduct. Each Volksraad has, in addition, the right to suspend a member with two-thirds of the ...
— Selected Official Documents of the South African Republic and Great Britain • Various

... preparations, the multitude refrained entirely from any overt acts of violence. They did not disperse till after 10 o'clock, and during the evening shouted and yelled like a troop of wild savages. Some ten or twelve were seized and carried to the watch-house, and this morning fined for their disorderly conduct." ...
— William Lloyd Garrison - The Abolitionist • Archibald H. Grimke

... Drunkenness and disorderly conduct Forfeiture of $10 and 7 days' causing the offender's arrest confinement at hard labor; and conviction by civil for noncommissioned officer, authorities at a place within reduction and forfeiture of $12. 10 miles ...
— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 8, Section 2 (of 2): Grover Cleveland • Grover Cleveland

... report to him here in person, and from their first interviews we obtained a knowledge of the young men of which he availed himself in their future career in the college. As president, he was always disposed to be lenient with students who were reported for disorderly conduct or for failure in their studies or duties. He would say to the faculty, when they seemed to think it necessary to send a ...
— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son

... ferocity and barbarism some of the early Frank kings showed much respect for religion and morality, as is proved by an ordonnance of Childebert in the year 554; commanding his subjects to destroy wherever they might be found all idols dedicated to the devil; also forbidding all disorderly conduct committed in the nights of the eves of fetes, such as Christmas and Easter, when singing, drinking, and other excesses were committed; women were also ordered to discontinue going about the country dancing on a ...
— How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 • F. Herve

... the proper way to handle the case, captain. If he has been guilty of drunkenness and disorderly conduct he should be brought to ...
— The Deserter • Charles King



Words linked to "Disorderly conduct" :   violation, infraction, disturbance of the peace, breach of the peace, misdemeanour, misdemeanor, disorderly behavior, infringement



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