affray

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[C,usually sing,U] (law) a fight or violent behaviour in a public place: The men were charged with affray / with causing an affray.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

affrayEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus affrayEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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affiliated affiliation affinity affirm affirmative affirmative action affix afflict affliction affluent afford

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