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Noun Concept
Categories: Offences against the person, Violence, Common law offences in England and Wales, Criminology, Crimes
EN
battery  assault and battery  aggravated battery  batter  Battery misdemeanor
EN
An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact WordNet 3.0
English:
crime
simple
offense
Definitions
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Sources
EN
An assault in which the assailant makes physical contact WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Battery is a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact, distinct from assault, which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact. Wikipedia
A crime involving unlawful physical contact Wikipedia Disambiguation
Criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting on a threat Wikidata
The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence. Wiktionary
The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence. Wiktionary
IS A
assault
crime
violence
HAS KIND
resisting arrest
affray
DE
Körperverletzung
DE
Misshandlung von Schutzbefohlenen
DE
Körperverletzung
HAS INSTANCE
kidnapping of Kevin Lunney
DIFFERENT FROM
battery
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
battery, assault and battery
Wikipedia
EN
battery (crime)
Wikidata
EN
battery
Wiktionary
EN
assault and battery, battery
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
aggravated battery, batter (crime), Battery (misdemeanor), Battery misdemeanor, Battery with a deadly weapon, beaten, beating up, criminal battery, misdemeanor battery, sexual battery, simple battery
Wikidata Alias
EN
criminal battery, statutory battery

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