1 [sing.,U] (law) an illegal act that causes harm to people in general:
He was charged with committing (a) public nuisance.
2 [C,usually sing.] (informal) a person or a thing that annoys a lot of people:
Door-to-door salesmen are a public nuisance.
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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.
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Is public nuisance a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, public nuisance is tagged as noun.
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