Examples of assault and battery in a Sentence
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He was charged with assaulting three of his female employees and was arrested on four misdemeanor charges, three counts of simple assault and battery, and one count of indecent exposure on Oct. 22.
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Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
Hernandez is indicted on charges of assault and battery and threatening to do bodily harm in connection with the February 25 jailhouse altercation.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The suit includes allegations of civil rights violations, excessive force, and assault and battery.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
Asquith was charged in April in suburban Washington’s Loudoun County, Va., with misdemeanor assault and battery after a months-long sheriff’s probe into the boozy party in an off-site CIA office attended by at least a dozen people.
—Jim Mustian and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
Hernandez is indicted on charges of assault and battery and threatening to do bodily harm in connection with the February 25 jailhouse altercation.
—Eric Levenson, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
The suit includes allegations of civil rights violations, excessive force, and assault and battery.
—Teri Figueroa, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
Asquith was charged in April in suburban Washington’s Loudoun County, Va., with misdemeanor assault and battery after a months-long sheriff’s probe into the boozy party in an off-site CIA office attended by at least a dozen people.
—Jim Mustian and Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Assault and battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20and%20battery. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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