Meaning & use
Affray
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A noisy, violent public disturbance or fight, especially one serious enough to alarm bystanders.
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Two men were arrested after an affray broke out outside the pub late at night.
The court charged him with affray following the brawl in the town square.
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Chiefly a legal and British English term; in criminal law it refers specifically to unlawful fighting that would frighten a reasonable bystander.
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