Usually means: Disruption of public order, tranquility.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. breach of the peace: Merriam-Webster
  2. breach of the peace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. breach of the peace: Collins English Dictionary
  4. breach of the peace: Vocabulary.com
  5. breach of the peace: Wordnik
  6. (a) breach of the peace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. breach of the peace: Wiktionary
  8. breach of the peace: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. breach of the peace: Dictionary.com
  10. Breach of the peace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. breach of the peace: Rhymezone
  12. breach of the peace: FreeDictionary.org
  13. breach of the peace: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. breach of the peace: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. breach of the peace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. breach of the peace: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. breach of the peace: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  6. breach of the peace: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. breach of the peace: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (breach of the peace)

noun:  (law) The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive.
noun:  (by extension) Any public disturbance or disorderly behavior.

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