Affray

Definitions: Affray

Affray

Noun

1. Noisy quarrel.

2. A noisy fight.

Date "affray" was first used: sometime around 1303. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Military & Defense	An offence against life and limb in which a person participates in a brawl involving three or more persons which results in the death of or assault causing injury to another. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

In law, the affray is the fighting of two or more persons in a public place to the terror (in French: à l'effroi) of the lieges.

The offence is a misdemeanour at English common law, punishable by fine and imprisonment.

A fight in private is an assault and battery, not an affray.

As those engaged in an affray render themselves also liable to prosecution for assault, Unlawful Assembly, or Riot, it is for one of these offences that they are usually charged.

Any private person may, and constables and justices must, interfere to put a stop to an affray.

In the United States the English common law as to affray applies, subject to certain modifications by the statutes of particular states (Bishop, Amer. Crim. Law, 8th ed., 1892, vol. i. sec. 535).

The Indian Penal Code (sect. 159) adopts the English definition of affray, with the substitution of actual disturbance of the peace for causing terror to the lieges.

The Queensland Criminal Code of 1899 (sect. 72) defines affray as taking part in a fight in a public highway or taking part in a fight of such a nature as to alarm the public in any other place to which the public have access. This definition is taken from that in the English Criminal Code Bill of 1880, cl. 96.

Under the Roman Dutch law in force in South Africa affray falls within the definition of vis publica.

Based on an article from a well-known encyclopedia published in 1911.

Synonyms: Affray

Synonyms: altercation (n), disturbance (n), fracas (n), fray (n), ruffle (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Contention	Shindy; fracas; (discord); clash of arms; tussle, scuffle, broil, fray; affray, affrayment; velitation; colluctation, luctation; brabble, brigue, scramble, melee, scrimmage, stramash, bushfighting.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Affray

English words defined with "affray": Affrayed, Affrayer, Affrayment ♦ Chaud-medley ♦ Running fight ♦ Transaction of a society. (references)

Specialty definitions using "affray": endangering the life or health of another. (references)

Etymologies containing "affray": Affrayment, Afraid ♦ Effray. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

An Affray of Honor (1913)

A Desperate Poaching Affray (1903)

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Domain	Title
Books	Long Affray (reference) Seth & Belle & Mr. Quarles and me; the bloody affray at Lakeside Drive (reference) The bloody affray at Riverside Drive (reference) (more book examples)
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"Affray" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.26% of the time. "Affray" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.26%	83	36,350
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.25%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	2.25%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (base form)	1.12%	1	339,140
Noun (common)	1.12%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	89	N/A

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Language		Translations for "affray"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zënie (blockage, capture, fight, occupancy, occupation, quarrel, strife, wrangling), rrahje (beating, clap, fighting, flap, hiding, lacing, leathering, licking, mix in, Pat, percussion, pulse, quiver, scramble, stroke, throb, toweling). (various references)

Arabic		‏عراك (battle, brawl, fight, melee, quarrel, ruck, scuffle, slugfest), ‏شجار (altercation, bicker, brawl, breeze, broil, controversy, fight, fracas, melee, miff, muss, quarrel, row, rowdiness, ruck, ruction, rumble, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shindy, slugfest, squabble, squall, tiff). (various references)

Bulgarian		сбиване (brush, fray, mix in, muss, row, scrap, scrape, scuffle, set to, shindig, shindy, warm words), спречкване (miff), нарушение на обществения ред (nuisance, rout). (various references)

Czech		výtržnost (brawl, disturbance, disturbance of the peace, riot, row), rvaèka (dogfight, fight, fracas, melee, scrap, scrimmage, tussle). (various references)

Dutch		volksoploop, vechtpartý, strýdgewoel, oploop, handgemeen (hand-to-hand fighting). (various references)

Farsi		مزاحمت فراهم اوردن , هراسانیدن (Feeze, Fray), نزاع (Battle, Contention, Discord, Dispute, Fray, Quarrel, Scrap, Scuffle, Spar, Squeal, Strife, Tousle, War, Warfare, Wrangle), غوغا (Clamor, Din, Fray, Hubbub, Jangle, Melee, Mob, Pandemonium, Peal, Rave, Riot, Rumpus, Scrimmage, Scuffle, Tumult, Turmoil, Uproar), ترساندن (Abhor, Appall, Awe, Bash, Buffalo, Cow, Daunt, Deter, Feeze, Fray, Fright, Horrify, Huff, Intimidate, Scare, Shore, Spook, Threat, Tremble), سلب ارامش مردم . (various references)

French		rixe. (various references)

German		skandal (commotion, fuss, outrage, scandal, to-do), schlägerei (bovver, brawl, fight, fray, punch-up, ruction, set to), Raufhandel (brawling). (various references)

Greek		συμπλοκή (clash, complexing, encounter, engagement, fray, mκlιe, scuffle, sequestering, set to, tussle). (various references)

Hebrew		ת�'ר�" (conflict, melee, quarrel, scrimmage, strife), קטט�" (altercation, brawl, fight, fray, odds, quarrel, squabble, strife). (various references)

Hungarian		zendülés (flare-up, insurrection, mutiny, outbreak, rebellion, riot, sedition), csetepaté (brush, encounter, knockabout, medley, melee, rumpus, scrimmage, scrum, skirmish). (various references)

Indonesian		perkelahian (broil, duel, melee, slog), keributan (ado, blatancy, boisteriousness, brawl, cain, commotion, hubbub). (various references)

Italian		rissa (brawl, brawling, fight, fray, hand-to-hand fighting, scuffle, tussle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		乱雑 (clutter, confusion, disorder, muddle, promiscuity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ら�"ざつ (clutter, confusion, disorder, muddle, promiscuity). (various references)

Korean		난투. (various references)

Manx		co-streeu (encounter, fight, rivalry, vie). (various references)

Pig Latin		affrayay

Portuguese		assustar (affright, appal, appall, bully, daunt, dismember, frighten, funk, intimidate, scare, startle), alvoroço (ado, agitation, bustle, commotion, Donnybrook, flutter, rampage, roughhouse, rout, to-do, tumult), tumulto (agitation, bluster, broil, bruit, clamor, clamour, clutter, colorwash, colourwash, combustion, commotion, confusion, disorder, distemper, donor, factional, galeeny, hubby, outcry, pandemonium, rampage, riot, rout, ruction, rumpus, scuffle, shindy, stir, tempest, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar), rixa (brawl, bully, riot, rumpus, scrimmage, scuffle, tussle), motim (riot, row, rumpus), desordem (clutter, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, discomposure, disorder, Donnybrook, fray, huddle, hugger mugger, hurst, jumble, litter, mess, misrule, muddle, mush, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, perturbation, riot, rough and tumble, rout, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scuffle, stir, topsy turvy, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, untidiness, uproar, upset), briga (Bicker, close, fight, fray, gale, grapple, melee, noise, ruffle, scuffle, strife, struggle, wrangle). (various references)

Romanian		zarvã (ado, altercation, bobbery, brawling, bustle, clutter, din, dispute, dust, fuss, hubbub, kerfuffle, noise, pother, racket, riot, row, rumpus, scandal, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), tãrãboi (brawl, broil, fuss, halloo, hullabaloo, hurly burly, kerfuffle, racket, rattle, riot, row, rumpus, shindy, shine, splatter-dash, the devil among the tailors, to-do, uproar), scandal (breach, breeze, flare up, fray, fuss, hubbub, noise, row, rumpus, scandal, scene, shame, shindy). (various references)

Russian		скандал (dust-up, fracas, rough house, scandal), драка (battle royal, fight, fray, mix in, mix-in, scrimmage, scrum, scuffle, tussle, wigs on the green). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tuča na javnom mestu, svađa (altercation, brawl, contention, disagreement, hassle, odds, quarrel, rhubarb, spat, squabble), gužva (brawl, crowd, crush, jam, melee, pother, row, shindy, squeeze, stir, tussle). (various references)

Spanish		reyerta (brawl, roughhouse), refriega (fray, free for all, shock), escandalizar (horrify, kick up a row, make a fuss, scandalize, shock). (various references)

Swedish		slagsmål (action, battle, brawl, ding-dong, dust-up, fight, fighting, fisticuffs, Gore, mix up, rough and tumble, rough-house, row, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, struggle, tussle). (various references)

Turkish		kavga kıyamet (dustup, fracas, shemozzle), kavga (brawl, brawling, broil, bust up, conflict, contention, dispute, feud, fight, fighting, fray, jangle, jar, kick up, miff, odds, punch-up, quarrel, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, shooting match, strife, tilt, unpleasantness, wrangle), dalaş (battle, dogfight, fight), dövüş (fight, punch-up, scrap, set to, tilt). (various references)

Ukranian		скандал (fracas, kick up, roughhouse, scandal, shine, stink, wing-ding), галас (ado, ballyhoo, boom, breeze, broil, bustle, clamor, clamour, clang, hullabaloo, noise, outcry, ruckus), злякати (startle), лякати (affright, appal, appall, consternate, daunt, fray, frighten, intimidate, panic, scare, shy), бійка (broil, fray, hassle, mix up, rough and tumble, scuffle, tousle), бешкет (roistering), порушення громадьского спокою, полохати (scare away, scare off, shoo). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự huyên náo (bobbery, riotousness, row-de-dow, shindy, shine, shone, stir, tempest, to-do), cuộc ẩu đả (doglight, fray, knock-about, scrimmage, scuffle, tussle, wrangle). (various references)

Welsh		ysgarmes (skirmish), ymryson (altercation, broil, contend, contention, rivalry, strife, strive), ffrwgwd (bout, brawl, squabble). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	ex-. (various references)
Old French	900-1400	effrei. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "affray": affrayed, affrayer, affrayers, affraying, affrays. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Affray" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afari, affa, affare, Affari, Afferty, affrayd, afra, Afrah, afray, afrayd, Alfrey, ffrey, Naffah, saffra, Saffrey, uffray. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-f-f-r-y"
	-2 letters: afar, fray, raff, raya, yaff.
	-3 letters: aff, arf, far, fay, fry, ray, rya, yar.
	-4 letters: aa, ar, ay, fa, ya.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-f-f-r-y"
	+1 letter: affrays.
	+2 letters: affrayed, affrayer.
	+3 letters: affrayers, affraying.
	+4 letters: affordably.
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