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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Gina was arrested in February 2019 on drunk driving charges in Rancho Santa Margarita, California, a representative for the Orange County Sheriff's Department told PEOPLE. —

Diane J. Cho, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 After their deaths, Hernandez-Casarez and Ruiz advocated for harsher penalties for drunk driving, according to Orange County Dist. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 The offenses range from crimes like domestic violence or drunk driving to integrity issues like falsifying police documents or cheating on police training tests. —

Daphne Chen, Journal Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 Alejandro Valencia-Torres Jr., 28, pleaded no contest to a vehicular manslaughter charge, in exchange for prosecutors dropping murder, drunk driving and hit-and-run counts against him. —

Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drunk driving