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Crotts is facing disorderly conduct and inciting an affray charges, police said.
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Origin and Etymology of affray
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from affraier
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brawl [chiefly British], broil, donnybrook, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée), rough-and-tumble, row, ruckus, ructionRelated Words
battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, fisticuffs, handgrips, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle; horseplay, roughhousing; altercation, argument, dispute, kickup, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangleOrigin and Etymology of affray
Middle English affraien to attack, brawl, disturb, frighten, from Anglo-French affraier, effreer, from Vulgar Latin *exfridare, from Latin ex- + Vulgar Latin *-fridare (of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German fridu peace, Old English frēo free) — more at free
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Origin and Etymology of affray
Middle French affrai, effrai fright, disturbance, from affraier, effreer to terrify
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