battery

Definition of "battery"
  1. A criminal act involving intentional physical contact meant to cause harm to another person
How to use "battery" in a sentence
  1. He was charged with battery after the bar fight.
  2. The prosecutor argued that the shove constituted a case of battery.
  3. After the repeated episodes of violence, she pressed battery charges against him.

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