Disorderly Behavior (Noun)
Meaning
Any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The university had to call in security to handle the disorderly behavior of a group of students disrupting the lecture hall.
- Residents of the apartment complex filed complaints about the disorderly behavior of the new tenants who loudly played music until late at night.
- Shouting and whistling in the library was considered disorderly behavior and strictly prohibited.
- After a few warnings, the police arrested the man for disorderly behavior when he continued to verbally harass passersby on the street.
- A woman was charged with disorderly behavior for blasting her car stereo in a residential area and disturbing the peace.