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public intoxication

public intoxication noun: the criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.

Noun

public intoxication (uncountable)

  1. The criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.
    • […] they urged State governments to adopt new comprehensive legislation in which alcoholism would be viewed as an illness and public intoxication would no longer be handled as a criminal offense.1973, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, page 3

Questions about public intoxication

What does public intoxication mean?
Public intoxication means the criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.
What part of speech is public intoxication?
Public intoxication is a noun.

Words near public intoxication in the dictionary

  1. public information officer
  2. public intellectual
  3. public intellectuals
  4. public interest
  5. public international law
  6. public intoxication
  7. public Ivies
  8. public Ivy
  9. public key
  10. public key certificate
  11. public key certificates

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