Word of the Day:
altercation
What It Means
An act of posing questions to, and obtaining answers from, a witness in a court of law.
Angry or heated disputation.
The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men.
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Latin altercātiō. Cognates * Catalan altercació * Italian altercazione * Occitan altercatio, altercassion * Portuguese altercação * Spanish altercación
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