assault and battery
noun Law.
an assault with an actual touching or other violence upon another.
Origin of assault and battery
First recorded in 1580–90
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Example sentences from the Web for assault and battery
Why, you could see that old girl fairly squirm when she got one of them assault-and-battery glances.
The House of Torchy |Sewell Ford
British Dictionary definitions for assault and battery
assault and battery
noun
criminal law
a threat of attack to another person followed by actual attack, which need amount only to touching with hostile intent