assault
Example Sentences
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The man who removed a flag from the embassy's roof was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, trespass on diplomatic property and assaulting police, the Metropolitan Police said.
From BBC
Six weeks after his initial arrest, A$AP was found guilty of assault and given a suspended sentence.
From BBC
Smaller assault packages, meanwhile, could boost morale among protesters but ultimately not change the regime’s crackdown against dissenters, the officials said.
O’Hara said he believed there was a broom and snow shovel at the scene of the shooting and that at least one person might have assaulted federal law-enforcement officers.
French politicians across the divide have been up in arms against the deal, which they view as an assault on the country's influential farming sector.
From Barron's
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