Usually means: Disrupt public order through noise.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. disturb the peace: Merriam-Webster
  2. disturb the peace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. disturb the peace: Wiktionary
  4. disturb the peace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. disturb the peace: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (disturb the peace)

▸ verb:  (law) To behave in an inappropriately violent, noisy, or disruptive manner in public.

Similar:
unharmonize, molest, mess up, mayhem, misbehave, annoy, misdemean, tamper, mismove, mess about, more...

Opposite:
calm, tranquility, serenity, peace and quiet

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Similar:
unharmonize, molest, mess up, mayhem, misbehave, annoy, misdemean, tamper, mismove, mess about, more...

Opposite:
calm, tranquility, serenity, peace and quiet



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