DUI
abbreviation or noun
plural DUIs
1
US
: the act or crime of driving a vehicle while affected by alcohol or drugs
was arrested for DUI
a DUI case
2
US
: an arrest or conviction for driving under the influence
… the reason he was in prison is that a few DUIs caught up with him …—
Barbara Ehrenreich
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US
: a person who is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence
a convicted DUI
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Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, was expected to be remanded to Immigration and Customs Enforcement from Tarrant County Jail in Arlington, Texas, over a DUI.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2010, he was charged with a DUI and subsequently charged with the same offense in August 2013 and January 2014.
—Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
He was convicted of his second DUI in Orange County, and sentenced to four months in jail plus five years of probation, ICE said.
—Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside.
—Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2010, he was charged with a DUI and subsequently charged with the same offense in August 2013 and January 2014.
—Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
He was convicted of his second DUI in Orange County, and sentenced to four months in jail plus five years of probation, ICE said.
—Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
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“DUI.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DUI. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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