disturbance of the peace
Example Sentences
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A police court judge sided with Durfee, ruling: “The salutation, ‘Oh, you kid!’ is a disturbance of the peace and is punishable by ninety days’ imprisonment in the city jail.”
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014
The crowd around the house continued to increase all the morning, but a hundred policemen arriving at one o'clock, no disturbance of the peace was attempted.
From The Great Riots of New York, 1712 to 1873 by Headley, Joel Tyler
What I refer to is the statement that we had provoked a disturbance of the peace; a more hypocritical pretence than which was never advanced.
From Prisoner for Blasphemy by Foote, G. W. (George William)
War or theft must have followed the mutual limitation of rights, but against this disturbance of the peace other members of the society must have banded themselves together.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.
Several small grievances among the younger men promised to result in a disturbance of the peace.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
