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Disorderly Conduct

Definition: Disorderly Conduct

Disorderly Conduct

Noun

1. Any act of molesting or interrupting or hindering or disquieting or agitating or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Disorderly Conduct

Synonyms: breach of the peace (n), disorderly behavior (n), disturbance of the peace (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Disorderly Conduct

English words defined with "disorderly conduct": Breach of peaceTithingman. (references)
Specialty definitions using "disorderly conduct": DRIVE-IN THEATER ATTENDANTfield attendantmaintenance engineerSUBWAY, superintendent, building. (references)

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Modern Usage: Disorderly Conduct

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Movie/TV Titles

Disorderly Conduct (1932)

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Commercial Usage: Disorderly Conduct

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Books

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Non-Fiction Usage: Disorderly Conduct

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Human Rights

Namibia

One SFF member was tried for murder and acquitted on August 30. In November 1999, a police officer in Okahandja beat to death a student who was arrested and in custody for disorderly conduct. (references)

Guyana

An inquest was conducted in the case of Mohammed Shafeek, who died in the Brickdam police lockup in September 2000. Although initial police reports had indicated that Shafeek might have been beaten by other prisoners, an investigation revealed that Shafeek was beaten by the Venezuelan crew of a ship that had since left the country, and that the police had arrested him for disorderly conduct. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Disorderly Conduct

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

disorderly conduct

45
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Disorderly Conduct

Language Translations for "disorderly conduct"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

výtržnictví. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

rähinöinti, mellastelu (disturbance), ilkivalta (mischief, outrage), hulinointi (disturbance). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διατάραξη της κοινής ησυχίας (breach of the peace). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rendzavarás. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Russian 

  

хулиганство (hooliganism, mugging, rowdiness, rowdyism, ruffianism), нарушение общественного порядка (breach of the peace, public nuisance). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förargelseväckande beteende (indecent assault, indecent exposure). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ahlâka aykırı davranış. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Disorderly Conduct

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-d-d-d-e-i-l-n-o-o-r-r-s-t-u-y"

-5 letters: dicotyledons, indecorously.

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Alternative Orthography: Disorderly Conduct


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 69 73 6F 72 64 65 72 6C 79      43 6F 6E 64 75 63 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101001 01110011 01101111 01110010 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101100 01111001 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101110 01100100 01110101 01100011 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#105 &#115 &#111 &#114 &#100 &#101 &#114 &#108 &#121 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#110 &#100 &#117 &#99 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0069 0073 006F 0072 0064 0065 0072 006C 0079      0043 006F 006E 0064 0075 0063 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38758581847071847891237818070876986

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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