drunkenness

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They rejected dancing, public drunkenness, gambling, and obscene speech as ungodly and fit for punishment by a special tribunal called the Consistory.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Under Florida law, a governor can suspend state officials for wrongdoing that includes neglect of duty, incompetence, malfeasance, drunkenness or commission of a felony.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Five days after Mr Pincher's resignation as deputy chief whip, there remains significant confusion surrounding complaints about his behaviour prior to the drunkenness he admits at the Carlton Club on 29 June.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2022

It wasn’t fair “to charge the Legislature as a whole with drunkenness and philandering,” he asserted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

And if he could do that, behind his mask of sarcasm and drunkenness, so convincingly and for so long, what else has he lied about?

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins