Examples of assault and battery in a Sentence
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Jose Javier Romero-Hernandez, a Mexican citizen, was convicted of first-degree burglary, domestic assault and battery by strangulation, domestic assault with a dangerous weapon, threatening an act of violence, and malicious injury or destruction of property in Oklahoma.
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Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
According to court documents obtained ABC 13, the suspect has a lengthy criminal history, which includes criminal assault and battery.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
The teen was arraigned last week in juvenile court in Dorchester on one count of assault and battery causing serious injury.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
Deluca was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment of a child, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault to murder (armed) and a single count of assault causing serious bodily injury.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
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Louis Casiano , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
According to court documents obtained ABC 13, the suspect has a lengthy criminal history, which includes criminal assault and battery.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2025
The teen was arraigned last week in juvenile court in Dorchester on one count of assault and battery causing serious injury.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2025
Deluca was charged with three counts of reckless endangerment of a child, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault to murder (armed) and a single count of assault causing serious bodily injury.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
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“Assault and battery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20and%20battery. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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