drunk driving
noun
variants
or drunken driving
chiefly US
: the act of driving a vehicle while drunk
He was arrested for drunk driving.
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Delaney later pleaded no contest to the charge and ordered to pay a $300 fine, undergo a mandatory drunk driving course and be on probation for two years.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
The University of Minnesota international graduate student detained last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had his visa revoked over a drunk driving case, not due to participation in pro-Palestinian protests on campus, according to a senior Trump administration official.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
In the early 2000s, she was sentenced to two years of probation and paid a $300 fine after a 2002 arrest for suspicion of drunk driving.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
She was arrested in 2002 on suspicion of drunk driving and later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, according to Entertainment Weekly.
—Lisa Respers France and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
The University of Minnesota international graduate student detained last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had his visa revoked over a drunk driving case, not due to participation in pro-Palestinian protests on campus, according to a senior Trump administration official.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025
In the early 2000s, she was sentenced to two years of probation and paid a $300 fine after a 2002 arrest for suspicion of drunk driving.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
She was arrested in 2002 on suspicion of drunk driving and later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, according to Entertainment Weekly.
—Lisa Respers France and Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Drunk driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drunk%20driving. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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