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simple assault
noun as in assault and battery
Weak match
Example Sentences
She signed a plea deal June 20, 1994, on the lesser charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania, and was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, then released after six months for good behavior.
In 2022, Owens was cited by the Capitol Police for simple assault, a misdemeanor, after police said he aimed and pointed a gun at a man from Hattiesburg who was visiting a woman in a downtown Jackson apartment.
Wilson and Danette Bert, Schillinger’s mother, were initially charged with simple assault and harassment but those charges were withdrawn.
Prosecutors said Friday that the 15- and 16-year-old youths arrested after the April 10 gunfire at Clara Muhammad Square will be charged as adults and will face aggravated assault, conspiracy, simple assault and reckless endangering charges in addition to the firearms counts they faced earlier.
Marty Small also was charged with making terroristic threats; aggravated assault, and simple assault.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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