Affray

The use or threat of unlawful violence in a manner that would cause others of reasonable firmness to fear for their safety. The offence may be committed in public as well as in private places.

Explanation attempts (645)

29 Oct 2012 13:08: Don't know.
29 Oct 2012 14:55: A physical confrontation.
29 Oct 2012 16:52: Affray is a minor scuffle eg a pub brawl.
29 Oct 2012 20:53: An incident that breaches the law
29 Oct 2012 21:01: Group of people
30 Oct 2012 09:01: IS BEING ATTACKED
30 Oct 2012 21:57: Somethings not right, out of place
30 Oct 2012 22:41: A fight between a small group of people in the street.
31 Oct 2012 13:32: People arguing or fighting in public
31 Oct 2012 14:10: no idea
31 Oct 2012 14:16: when something is messy and confusing. When no one really knows what has happened.
31 Oct 2012 18:09: A legal dispute.
31 Oct 2012 19:50: it is something people are charged with and means they caused serious probems
31 Oct 2012 20:43: This is a serious offence. A violent attack on a person, or persons that causes serious injuries
31 Oct 2012 23:15: Don't know
1 Nov 2012 21:28: Disturbance of the peace / fighting / noise pollution / being a nuisance -all of the above but not to a level where a person/people are really badly hurt.
1 Nov 2012 21:41: A scuffle, minor conflict or fight between several groups, or the intention of starting such an aciton
2 Nov 2012 12:17: Fighting in a public place
20 Nov 2012 23:13: being involved in fighting or disorder but not necessarily starting it
21 Nov 2012 00:03: Something or someone is missing.
21 Nov 2012 00:59: A legal term that describes an act where a public disorder takes place; for example a fight in a street or a brawl involving a group of people.
21 Nov 2012 12:04: Refers to a general scene or area.
21 Nov 2012 13:28: disruption in which the law is broken
21 Nov 2012 14:54: To be causing a nuisance, I think to be in an affray is to be in a scuffle/fight, but I don't think it can be as severe as assaulting someone. A bit more severe than disturbing the peace?
26 Nov 2012 19:28: I have never even heard this term before.
11 Nov 2013 15:50: a crime
14 Nov 2013 18:05: fighting
14 Nov 2013 21:13: This is another term for heated discussion or perhaps an argument - disruption.
14 Nov 2013 21:25: I don't know.
14 Nov 2013 21:36: This is when a witness is dishonest on the stand.
14 Nov 2013 21:47: a fight
14 Nov 2013 22:32: This is a public order offence consisting of fighting individually or groups in a public place with potential to harm the public.
14 Nov 2013 23:12: Well to go affray is a bad thing I think…so maybe a public nuisance, with violence or destroying property.
15 Nov 2013 10:35: A kerfuffle, a non-physical combative procedure.
15 Nov 2013 12:52: An unsure explination or comment
15 Nov 2013 13:49: Fight.
15 Nov 2013 14:58: No idea on this word
15 Nov 2013 20:18: Being violent towards another person usually in public so it causes disturbance
15 Nov 2013 23:25: I feel like it means, like, a ruckus
16 Nov 2013 08:25: Causing a nuisance or fight in public
16 Nov 2013 16:46: no idea
16 Nov 2013 21:12: offence against public fighting
17 Nov 2013 00:39: Fighting in public
17 Nov 2013 12:46: No idea
17 Nov 2013 12:58: Like a scuffle. Nothing serious
17 Nov 2013 15:45: Something to to with a violent crime.
17 Nov 2013 16:58: An offence which encapsulates fighting in public, thus disturbing the peace.
17 Nov 2013 17:16: an offense
17 Nov 2013 17:24: violence
17 Nov 2013 18:38: a fight or disagreement involving a group of people that disturbs the peace of the community.
17 Nov 2013 18:46: hiding the truth
17 Nov 2013 20:08: Fight carried out against one or more individuals or verbal abuse/dispute carried out by one or more individuals.
17 Nov 2013 22:50: Fallen apart not going well
17 Nov 2013 23:32: To be released... ?
17 Nov 2013 23:37: Some sort of offence.
18 Nov 2013 20:46: A large fight
18 Nov 2013 20:56: Breach of the peace causing fear in others
18 Nov 2013 21:06: If someone has committed affray they have been violent in some way towards someone else or maybe a group of people have committed this crime.
18 Nov 2013 21:50: No idea.
19 Nov 2013 00:59: A disturbance involving fighting
29 Oct 2014 14:27: a complication between two or more people, a fight
29 Oct 2014 15:02: An affray is a disruption.
30 Oct 2014 17:20: Possibly relates a to a disturbance of some sort.
30 Oct 2014 17:32: disturbance causing harm
31 Oct 2014 14:49: there has been an incident such as a fight involving one or more persons
31 Oct 2014 18:12: An affray is when two or more people cause a nuisance in public usually fighting and disturbing the peace.
1 Nov 2014 04:51: A disagreement between two or more individuals or groups of people.
3 Nov 2014 17:07: A different form of public disorder, i.e.; fighting in the street
3 Nov 2014 19:53: Something isn't quite right.
3 Nov 2014 20:29: Argument or brawl
3 Nov 2014 20:40: I'm not sure what this means affray
3 Nov 2014 23:02: A disturbance by a persons
4 Nov 2014 12:49: A group fighting, causing disruption
4 Nov 2014 16:16: Causing a commotion in public/in a public place, possibly with some level of violence involved
4 Nov 2014 19:25: A group fight.
4 Nov 2014 19:25: An affray is some sort of altercation between to different parties.
4 Nov 2014 19:43: Separate or apart from something.
5 Nov 2014 12:49: Afraid
5 Nov 2014 12:51: A dangerous area
5 Nov 2014 13:00: Never heard of it
5 Nov 2014 13:14: Really have no idea. Sorry!
5 Nov 2014 14:12: I have no idea
5 Nov 2014 16:40: DISTURBANCE
6 Nov 2014 13:30: Affray sounds like it means someone who has crossed a boundary or broken a rule knowingly/ with full awareness of what they are doing.
6 Nov 2014 20:39: fighting
6 Nov 2014 20:53: have caused a violent upset
6 Nov 2014 22:59: Causing trouble in the public domain
7 Nov 2014 10:45: people fighting in public
7 Nov 2014 12:27: violence involving several people
7 Nov 2014 13:33: Like a tussle? A fight involving more than two people
7 Nov 2014 18:49: Affray is a fight or altercation between two or more people.
7 Nov 2014 20:44: A disturbance causing upset within the public.
7 Nov 2014 20:50: A disturbance that could harm innocent members of the public.
7 Nov 2014 20:56: A disruption that could cause fear in members of the public.
7 Nov 2014 22:00: a fight that breaks out in public and recquires the police force to shut it down.
8 Nov 2014 11:37: A fight/disturbance that is out of control.
8 Nov 2014 12:13: To fight
8 Nov 2014 13:48: A term to do with fighting
8 Nov 2014 13:51: When someone is done by the police for fighting
9 Nov 2014 14:42: A term to describe a state of mind a person was in when committing a crime.
9 Nov 2014 15:28: This term refers to an action an individual commits that goes against a previous contract/ oath they have taken, or an action that violates law.
9 Nov 2014 19:54: individuals pushing/shuving/arguing, which develope's into a fight
9 Nov 2014 21:25: When a case seems to tail off somewhat.
9 Nov 2014 21:53: To stray from the law.
10 Nov 2014 11:22: The situation that has caused the person to be in court in the first place. The incident or event that has caused the person to do something illegal.
10 Nov 2014 11:57: not a credible alyby
10 Nov 2014 13:33: A legal term
10 Nov 2014 14:54: a fight
10 Nov 2014 15:37: Something that's affray means something thats gone wrong.
10 Nov 2014 15:52: An affray is a fight or something of the sort causing disturbance in a public place.
10 Nov 2014 17:32: Public fighting
10 Nov 2014 18:00: A person, or group of people who disturb the peace by fighting or rioting.
10 Nov 2014 18:32: My meaning would be that an incident including physical and or verbal abuse and violence occurred
10 Nov 2014 18:47: A crime involving fighting.
10 Nov 2014 18:50: A fight
10 Nov 2014 19:39: I have no idea
10 Nov 2014 21:12: having a small fight between a few individuals
10 Nov 2014 21:30: When you have been done for something by the police.
10 Nov 2014 21:30: i don't know
10 Nov 2014 21:31: ?
10 Nov 2014 21:46: A criminal offence such as murder, fighting, burglar etc
10 Nov 2014 21:49: A group of people who cause disturbance in an area, public or otherwise. This may or may not include acts of physical violence as well as verbal / mental abuse.
10 Nov 2014 22:05: When someone is getting angry and their tensions and emotions go affray/off track
10 Nov 2014 22:06: When someone is scared so they commit a crime
10 Nov 2014 22:22: A criminal charge relating to fraud or money in some way
10 Nov 2014 22:23: When people fight in public
10 Nov 2014 22:29: An argument or a fight
10 Nov 2014 22:41: Fighting
10 Nov 2014 22:56: The legal term for a physical fight.
10 Nov 2014 23:21: Was going to say ruckus but now not so sure
10 Nov 2014 23:33: I think it's something to do with fighting in public
10 Nov 2014 23:50: No idea
11 Nov 2014 02:04: I do not know!
11 Nov 2014 02:10: When something is heading away from something else or deferring from something.
11 Nov 2014 06:23: It's a disagreement possibly with physical interaction
11 Nov 2014 09:47: Has come apart or is disjoined
11 Nov 2014 09:55: A rabble or group fighting and generally causing distress
11 Nov 2014 10:02: Making a violent or disruptive outburst in a public setting, so as to disturb other people or cause alarm.
11 Nov 2014 10:40: I don't understand the term.
11 Nov 2014 10:56: Street fights and anti-social behavior. There is an element of causing fear to someones personal safety.
11 Nov 2014 11:10: Without looking this word up... I'm not sure!
11 Nov 2014 11:24: a fight ?
11 Nov 2014 11:34: A little bit of argie bargie
11 Nov 2014 12:42: Affray is involvement in an altercation whereby you make other members of the public feel unsafe.
11 Nov 2014 13:32: When things have gone wrong
11 Nov 2014 13:42: Affray means a disturbance or a fight between two people or a crowd. To cause a affray means to cause an argument or a situation that causes a disruption.
11 Nov 2014 13:42: Affray means a disturbance or a fight between two people or a crowd. To cause a affray means to cause an argument or a situation that causes a disruption.
11 Nov 2014 13:52: Affray is fighting in a public place
11 Nov 2014 14:04: To commit an offence
11 Nov 2014 14:04: When someone has been led to commit a crime they did not know they were comitting
11 Nov 2014 14:04: misleading
11 Nov 2014 14:22: Fighting/violence that happens in a public place
11 Nov 2014 14:51: being scared of someone?
11 Nov 2014 16:33: i've no idea...sorry!
11 Nov 2014 16:34: Disrupting the peace by fighting
11 Nov 2014 20:05: When people create a scene and become violent in a public place
11 Nov 2014 20:48: offence or disturbance
12 Nov 2014 01:39: no idea
12 Nov 2014 16:01: A fight of some kind that is often involving groups of people
27 Oct 2015 21:46: A disruption in a meeting or gathering, which has become argumentative, unprofessional and possibly out of control. Sometimes insults and/or bad language are used and an intervention is required.
28 Oct 2015 19:27: Slight disturbance, might include fighting.
28 Oct 2015 22:11: You instigate and take part in a disturbance in public. It usually involves acts of relatively mild violence and minor vandalism.
4 Nov 2015 18:35: If someone is affray then they are away from society.
4 Nov 2015 20:42: People publicly fighting and disturbing
4 Nov 2015 20:51: When someone is causing a disturbance or having a fight in public.
5 Nov 2015 18:32: Public fighting triggered by some incident
5 Nov 2015 18:44: Affect is when a group is fighting or causing anti social behaviour in public. This is a criminal offence which can resort in prison.
5 Nov 2015 19:17: A ruckus
5 Nov 2015 19:42: A disturbance of the peace
5 Nov 2015 21:09: I think it means a fight or assault. I'm thinking of the phrase "return to the fray"
6 Nov 2015 07:52: Term used to describe a violent tussle or fight causing a public disorder
6 Nov 2015 21:07: Group fighting or disturbing the peace
6 Nov 2015 21:22: Not sure (sorry!)
6 Nov 2015 22:06: Involved
8 Nov 2015 18:19: It's a legal technical term as an offence. However I do not know exactly which one.
9 Nov 2015 18:31: A disturbance in public, environment with more than 2 people. Caused by those present/one of them. Against society's standard of reasonable public behaviour e.g. a fight on a street.
9 Nov 2015 22:10: No idea
10 Nov 2015 09:13: Affray is a description of in incident that involves violence or unruly behaviour.
10 Nov 2015 13:43: A tally of debate.
10 Nov 2015 21:07: That you have deviated away from law regulations
10 Nov 2015 21:39: A type of group fight or disagreement in a public place
10 Nov 2015 22:12: Causing disruption in a quiet place. Fighting and disrupting peace.
10 Nov 2015 22:23: I don't know
11 Nov 2015 13:43: Causing disruption to normal life so that it disturbs others in society. it could be causing a riot in the street, or an act of hooliganism like screaming continually in a library
12 Nov 2015 00:27: Some sort of conflict that has taken place between individuals
12 Nov 2015 19:40: A disturbance usually involving a degree of violence between two or more people.
13 Nov 2015 17:58: The word Affray in my opinion means a scuffle or fight that is not too serious a crime.
14 Nov 2015 16:55: The actions caused by someone committing an afence
16 Nov 2015 16:23: Lying in court?
16 Nov 2015 17:22: Fighting,causing a nuisance,not quite a riot.
16 Nov 2015 19:17: To get away from something/ a subject.
16 Nov 2015 23:38: Fight, or confrontation.
16 Nov 2015 23:58: Argument between people can be physical or verbal in a public space
17 Nov 2015 10:20: An altercation involving aggressive physical contact
17 Nov 2015 16:16: Where a gang of people are involved in a fight, affray is the charge/ offence
17 Nov 2015 21:18: A confrontation, usually violent
17 Nov 2015 23:00: No idea
18 Nov 2015 17:55: A fight or scuffle.
18 Nov 2015 18:20: Unlawful doing something that is against the law knowingly
18 Nov 2015 20:44: Being involved in violent disorder in a public place
19 Nov 2015 13:28: An altercation
19 Nov 2015 14:18: a group promoting violence
19 Nov 2015 23:00: A physical fight.
19 Nov 2015 23:17: Being lead astray by a peer member
20 Nov 2015 00:57: If I had a punch up in the street with my mate I think could be classed as affray.
20 Nov 2015 11:15: Disturbance, misconduct not as serious as an assault, disturbing the peace
20 Nov 2015 13:19: an incident that disturbs others
20 Nov 2015 16:59: Don't know
20 Nov 2015 17:01: Not sure
20 Nov 2015 18:20: Some kind of group?
21 Nov 2015 11:06: A witness to a crime
21 Nov 2015 14:53: This is when a person or group of people cause trouble in a public place.
21 Nov 2015 16:20: Causing a nuisance
21 Nov 2015 17:38: Something wrong or against the law.
22 Nov 2015 14:10: fighting in a public place
22 Nov 2015 14:31: Evidence given under persuasion of the defence
22 Nov 2015 14:39: A group of people fighting
22 Nov 2015 15:35: A fight or brawl in public
22 Nov 2015 15:55: violence towards another person
22 Nov 2015 16:09: Affray is offence takeb place in a public place in regards to fighting or some sort of confrontation/altercation
22 Nov 2015 16:20: E.g.- if there was a brawl, all the parties involved are a part of the event (they are the affray).
22 Nov 2015 20:23: When a piece of rope becomes weak
22 Nov 2015 20:32: A small exchange of violence between two people
22 Nov 2015 20:43: Dishonesty or false, someone/thing has attempted to conceal some sort of truth
22 Nov 2015 21:35: Similar to assault, i would guess it's a kind of physical assault.
22 Nov 2015 21:58: A fight?
22 Nov 2015 23:17: When the jury in a courtroom can't come to a majority decision.
23 Nov 2015 00:12: doing something because you're scared
23 Nov 2015 00:29: Never heard of this
23 Nov 2015 00:36: Where there has been a situation, such as in a pub and things have gotten out of hand, causing a fight.
23 Nov 2015 08:38: I don't know
23 Nov 2015 09:52: Not sure.
23 Nov 2015 09:54: to cause a disturbance in a public place, probably without violence.
23 Nov 2015 12:07: Like a disturbance (maybe violence /fighting ?)
23 Nov 2015 12:55: when here has been some kind of crimnal disturbance
23 Nov 2015 14:26: A bit of a scuffle or a fight. Perhaps implying non-consent upon one side. Could include loud noise and one side of the affray being highly indignant at being part of an affray.
23 Nov 2015 14:26: To commit an offence involving violence
23 Nov 2015 14:30: Struggle or fight, or an assault.
23 Nov 2015 14:55: A fight and you have been caught as disrupting society
23 Nov 2015 15:01: a fight
6 Dec 2015 10:15: This is where someone has been involved in an incident (fight/abuse/breach of the peace/disturbance).
15 Jul 2016 13:59: fight in public which disturbs public
8 Nov 2016 14:45: A disturbance
8 Nov 2016 14:54: To be loose, in the moment. A action that causes some one to become loose. something involving to fray or fraying nerves.
8 Nov 2016 15:06: A group fight or a disturbance of the peace
8 Nov 2016 17:38: Similar to the meaning of the word amiss.
8 Nov 2016 20:14: Moving away from the law?
8 Nov 2016 20:38: An affray is a disturbance in a public place or a fight.
8 Nov 2016 20:50: Disorder and physical violence involving a group of people
8 Nov 2016 20:59: A fight that results in an injury being caused to a person. One or more persons are the aggressor and one or more persons is attacked.
8 Nov 2016 21:14: A threat
9 Nov 2016 01:44: An affray is a dispute in a public place involving several people.
9 Nov 2016 14:22: evidence
9 Nov 2016 14:24: I do not know what the word means.
9 Nov 2016 14:32: Group fighting in a public place
9 Nov 2016 15:31: A disturbance / possibly a fight
9 Nov 2016 16:24: I have no idea - something that contradicts evidence
9 Nov 2016 20:16: Wrong/off track
9 Nov 2016 21:10: Acting in an anti social way for example fighting.
9 Nov 2016 21:20: To cause trouble in public Disturbing the peace
9 Nov 2016 21:27: Serious assault
9 Nov 2016 22:34: Breach of the peace, verbal assult
9 Nov 2016 23:23: When someone says something that isn't true in a court room and goes away from their initial statement
9 Nov 2016 23:27: Being disruptive to the path of justuce.
10 Nov 2016 09:57: Fight or disturbance amongst a group of people
10 Nov 2016 10:08: To damage the law
10 Nov 2016 10:55: No idea
10 Nov 2016 12:05: Helping or covering someone for committing a crime.
10 Nov 2016 13:59: A disturbance
10 Nov 2016 14:55: No idea
10 Nov 2016 17:34: I believe an affray is a disturbance. Causing an affray would be causing a disturbance by being loud or a nuisance.
10 Nov 2016 18:57: causing public disruption which may or may not include assault or damage to property
10 Nov 2016 20:24: Breach of the peace
10 Nov 2016 23:18: Don't know
11 Nov 2016 12:37: Violent area i.e. a riot
11 Nov 2016 14:41: A fight, involving violence
11 Nov 2016 15:06: A term used in the trial
11 Nov 2016 20:22: i dont know
11 Nov 2016 20:39: bits and pieces
11 Nov 2016 20:43: To put things apart
12 Nov 2016 09:30: causing trouble, fighting.
12 Nov 2016 10:06: A physical fight, as in you would be involved in an affray.
12 Nov 2016 16:43: Not sure
12 Nov 2016 16:49: Causing a disturbance
13 Nov 2016 07:54: A fracas
13 Nov 2016 16:32: A fight
13 Nov 2016 17:15: When somebody is being evasive and not being clear when giving a statement. Trying to avoid the truth.
13 Nov 2016 17:59: Deviating from the topic.
13 Nov 2016 19:18: I think this is to do with fighting or causing a disturbance.
13 Nov 2016 19:41: That someone has been fighting in a public place and they shouldn't have been.
13 Nov 2016 21:55: A ruckus
13 Nov 2016 21:57: Affray is when your guilty
13 Nov 2016 22:03: "Causing an affray" is a term that I've heard before in conjunction with some sort of disturbance which doesn't end in physical harm. Anything from abit of pushing and shoving outside of a pub to a shouting abuse during a demonstration/rally.
14 Nov 2016 11:40: To stray
14 Nov 2016 13:53: Affray is when lots of people together show violence liking hitting someone
14 Nov 2016 13:58: fighting in public
14 Nov 2016 15:20: To cause a nuisance.
14 Nov 2016 17:15: a brawl in a public place
14 Nov 2016 17:46: Not sure. Does it mean not correct, off-balance?
14 Nov 2016 18:05: Disturbance resulting in laws being broken
14 Nov 2016 18:08: A fight/squabble/disturbance of the oeace
14 Nov 2016 18:14: A group fight in public.
14 Nov 2016 18:38: ?
14 Nov 2016 18:44: To go off topic
14 Nov 2016 19:01: A kind of fight
14 Nov 2016 19:04: A civil discussion between groups of gentlemen who hold opposing opinions to each other on controversial and interesting matters
14 Nov 2016 19:21: Low level violence, fighting
14 Nov 2016 19:30: something gone wrong
14 Nov 2016 19:47: A term used to describe violence
14 Nov 2016 20:08: to stay away from someone or something
14 Nov 2016 20:15: Refers to a fight- probably where multiple participants were equally violent towards each other, rather than a one-way assault.
14 Nov 2016 20:16: An attack either verbal or physical involving more than one person
14 Nov 2016 20:34: A confrontation or a fight.
14 Nov 2016 20:44: A violent incident between a number of people
14 Nov 2016 20:45: Disturbance or fight
14 Nov 2016 20:52: Affray Is a term used for a disturbance or disruption
14 Nov 2016 21:02: Disturbance in a public place
14 Nov 2016 21:17: Group fighting in public
14 Nov 2016 21:24: Affray describes an incident whereby an individual or individuals have or are potentially in breach of a law
14 Nov 2016 22:13: Affray is an action whereby a person physically hurts another person. The person who is harmed might feel threatened but will experince some kind of physical harm.
14 Nov 2016 22:17: Breaking the law
14 Nov 2016 22:27: I think it means to run away and hide after you have committed the crime e.g. move to another country.
15 Nov 2016 09:46: I have never heard the word!
15 Nov 2016 10:24: An altercation between at least 2 people
15 Nov 2016 10:34: Something that's gone wrong.
15 Nov 2016 10:38: An altercation happening somewhere public that may be violent, but could just be verbal.
15 Nov 2016 10:45: An event that may cause people to fear for their safety - it may be a fight, physically or shouting, and it can occur anywhere.
15 Nov 2016 11:51: People fighting in the streets.
15 Nov 2016 12:04: Something that's ignored
15 Nov 2016 12:25: Affray is a group of people involved in a disturbance. Possibly a fight?
15 Nov 2016 12:34: Group struggle/ a fight between a group of people
15 Nov 2016 12:34: Disturbing peace in a public place by a group
15 Nov 2016 14:20: It's a public order that consists of fighting one or more people in a public place of ordinary people.
16 Nov 2016 14:50: I have no idea
31 Oct 2017 18:32: fighting in a public place
31 Oct 2017 19:34: This means some kind of fight or disturbance where there is either damage to property, or someone is injured. "Affray" sounds as if members of the public, not originally involved in the affray, will be affected in some way, either physically or emotionally.
31 Oct 2017 20:49: A type of conflict between two parties
1 Nov 2017 11:46: Untidy
1 Nov 2017 21:16: No idea
7 Nov 2017 14:33: Not a clue
7 Nov 2017 16:04: in the wrong order
7 Nov 2017 18:51: It describes the scene or "actual crime" of violence or fighting the defendant could be accused of.
7 Nov 2017 19:11: An altercation involving a degree of violence. A fight or disturbance.
7 Nov 2017 19:30: I don't know
7 Nov 2017 20:50: To separate?
7 Nov 2017 20:50: An incident of trouble
8 Nov 2017 10:54: Affray could mean a situation where there is fear involved.
8 Nov 2017 14:32: It something is affray, it is ongoing
8 Nov 2017 19:58: A disorderly offence, such as fighting in the street.
9 Nov 2017 10:34: People getting out of control as a group. There might be violence but not necessarily.
9 Nov 2017 21:28: assault
11 Nov 2017 15:26: Causing a nuisance that negatively affects other people or property
11 Nov 2017 15:54: when you try something for the first time.
12 Nov 2017 10:28: A fight between 2 or more people where the initiator cannot be determined therefore charges of assault or gbh cannot be imposed.
12 Nov 2017 13:47: Don’t have a clue what this word means
12 Nov 2017 17:20: Don't know
12 Nov 2017 18:00: Fighting in public
12 Nov 2017 18:04: fighting thats in public
12 Nov 2017 18:20: A type of assault
12 Nov 2017 18:31: A ruckus
12 Nov 2017 18:37: A fight
12 Nov 2017 18:57: something that is not inline with law and order
12 Nov 2017 19:02: Like an assault, a disturbance that involves assault
12 Nov 2017 19:48: Causing an affray ie trouble ,confusion , fighting.
12 Nov 2017 21:10: A fight that involves legal actions to take place.
12 Nov 2017 21:23: Causing a disturbance and upset to others
12 Nov 2017 21:27: Don't know
12 Nov 2017 21:31: People disturbing people in public by fighting
12 Nov 2017 22:42: A altercation which happens in a public setting
12 Nov 2017 23:01: It is fighting in a public place involving a group of people and not just two individuals.
13 Nov 2017 08:02: Ambiguous
13 Nov 2017 08:10: a battle/confrontation
13 Nov 2017 10:21: When a person/group goes against the law or rules set and commits an act that is unacceptable.
13 Nov 2017 11:25: No idea
13 Nov 2017 11:30: Not sure
13 Nov 2017 11:37
13 Nov 2017 11:41: Group of gangsters "People were attacked by an affray"
13 Nov 2017 12:04: Group fighting
13 Nov 2017 13:11: A gang of people causing a disturbance
13 Nov 2017 13:19: Don't know
13 Nov 2017 13:21: Don't know
13 Nov 2017 22:06: Causing a public nuisance
15 Nov 2017 19:48: Commotion
16 Nov 2022 20:27: Afraid
16 Nov 2023 17:42: Disorder involving some minor level of violence
17 Nov 2023 17:16: I have no idea
18 Nov 2023 12:38: a disturbance
18 Nov 2023 12:52: a disturbance of peace as a result of public-place group fighting
18 Nov 2023 23:17: I really am not sure what this word means at all!
19 Nov 2023 10:04: No idea
19 Nov 2023 15:04: I think this means a fight - confrontation of some description. Definitely not something you would want to be associated or involved in.
19 Nov 2023 17:01: A violent act that disturbs surroundings or a group or neighbourhood
19 Nov 2023 17:06: An argument or fight between two or more individuals or parties.
19 Nov 2023 17:10: Starting a riot
19 Nov 2023 17:31: I think affray is something you get charged with from assault or fighting
19 Nov 2023 17:56: I have absolutely no idea. Perhaps to affray means to violate some rule?
19 Nov 2023 18:16: To break parole or break out of prison - avoiding court ordered sentences
19 Nov 2023 23:53: I have no idea at all!
20 Nov 2023 10:06: Don't know!
20 Nov 2023 11:52: Assault
20 Nov 2023 12:13: Doing something you know you shouldn’t
20 Nov 2023 12:26: stay away from something or stay clear of doing something
20 Nov 2023 12:27: Fighting in public
20 Nov 2023 13:21: not sure
20 Nov 2023 14:29: I am not sure.
20 Nov 2023 15:19: Not sure
20 Nov 2023 15:58: Don’t know answer
20 Nov 2023 16:11: Using violence to another person
20 Nov 2023 21:10: People fighting a fracas or similar
20 Nov 2023 23:38: I think it means a public disturbance, like a loud fight that disturbs the peace.
21 Nov 2023 08:32: Go against.
21 Nov 2023 08:42: A fight,scuffle or altercation involving aggressive acts
21 Nov 2023 09:07: To go off topic.
21 Nov 2023 10:53: I have no idea with this one sorry
21 Nov 2023 11:25: threatens violence
21 Nov 2023 11:37: Affray means to stop yourself/control yourself
21 Nov 2023 12:32: I have no idea
21 Nov 2023 12:33: Fighting or public disorder
21 Nov 2023 12:37: Group of people involved in a altercation
21 Nov 2023 12:39: Not a clue!
21 Nov 2023 12:42: You have strayed from the law. You have strayed from the public society norm perhaps committed a crime that is defying social norms straying from reason perhaps something violent or vulgar.
21 Nov 2023 12:43: Not sure
21 Nov 2023 12:46: Fighting in public
21 Nov 2023 12:47: A dispute
21 Nov 2023 12:55: I have never heard this word.
21 Nov 2023 14:22: Never heard it before
21 Nov 2023 14:24: When someone gets off of a crime and doesn’t get prosecuted
21 Nov 2023 15:21: Violence
21 Nov 2023 15:25: No comment
21 Nov 2023 15:30: You are guilty and is a serious offence
21 Nov 2023 16:19: A sum of money to be paid
21 Nov 2023 16:23: To do something unpredictable
21 Nov 2023 16:31: No idea. Maybe when someone is away from something
21 Nov 2023 17:42: absolutely no idea
21 Nov 2023 17:53: Causing an affray means causing an issue maybe in an altercation.
21 Nov 2023 18:32: Causing a nuisance or annoyance to others in public
21 Nov 2023 19:01: Not sure
21 Nov 2023 19:03: Causing a nuisance
21 Nov 2023 19:07: No idea
21 Nov 2023 20:52: Not a clue
21 Nov 2023 21:04: Disruptence of peace
21 Nov 2023 21:07: Not too sure
21 Nov 2023 21:10: Fighting
21 Nov 2023 21:12: Not too sure
21 Nov 2023 21:23: an instance of group fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace. So like to fight or battle
21 Nov 2023 21:29: No clue again sorry
21 Nov 2023 21:38: To cause someone so much fear, either by threatening or potentially physically violence
21 Nov 2023 22:01: Disobedience to the law such as causing a disturbance in public. Not necessarily a violent one but one that will cause public or law enforcement to react
21 Nov 2023 22:36: No idea!
21 Nov 2023 22:39: public humiliation, wanting to do something infront of an audience
21 Nov 2023 22:59: A term for a type of criminal offence.
22 Nov 2023 01:10: Violence within a group.
22 Nov 2023 01:28: Unlawful threats of violence towards another individual.
22 Nov 2023 01:34: Violence and threats of violence in a public place
22 Nov 2023 02:46: I don’t know
22 Nov 2023 02:48: Genuinely have never heard that term in my life
22 Nov 2023 02:51: Never heard this term before
22 Nov 2023 14:09: Being scared or afraid or someone, something or somewhere
22 Nov 2023 17:33: Assault or a riot, a situation that becomes rowdy
22 Nov 2023 19:42: Move away from something
23 Nov 2023 12:21: not sure
23 Nov 2023 12:31: no clue
27 Nov 2023 09:39: To me, "affray" sounds like a legal term related to some kind of public disturbance or brawl.
27 Nov 2023 09:50: I think it's when people get into, like, a big public fight or something. Like a brawl in the street where there's a lot of chaos and noise.
27 Nov 2023 13:44: group fighting in a public place
27 Nov 2023 13:49: violence in public
13 Dec 2023 14:29: This one I'm really not sure about.
13 Dec 2023 16:25: Proving something is wrong
13 Dec 2023 16:25: unlawful violence or threat of such
13 Dec 2023 17:17: Led away from something, a bit out of it
13 Dec 2023 20:26: Missing or far away
1 Jan 2024 22:33: public fighting which is scary to other people
3 Jan 2024 15:28: next to or relating to
17 Oct 2024 15:27: no idea
18 Oct 2024 14:58: Something that means you’ve broken the law
18 Oct 2024 16:19: Fighting
18 Oct 2024 16:41: Disperse number of laws in relation to a certain thing
18 Oct 2024 17:26: I have absolutely no idea
19 Oct 2024 11:17: Lack of evidence against someone found guilty
19 Oct 2024 21:04: A dispute or argument, possibly fighting
19 Oct 2024 21:27: A fight or altercation causing a breach of the peace
19 Oct 2024 21:39: Fighting or arguing in public
19 Oct 2024 21:47: A disturbance of the peace, eg a fight
20 Oct 2024 12:30: My understanding of affray is fighting in legal terms.
20 Oct 2024 13:10: A disturbance or fight
20 Oct 2024 14:56: Someone who is scared or affraid
20 Oct 2024 15:59: That someone is doing something to you that you do not want them to do.
20 Oct 2024 16:08: Fighting. I think that somebody who has been accused of affray is somebody that has been involved in fighting.
20 Oct 2024 16:09: The closest I can get to this is 'a punch up". It means that there is a disagreement between people which leads to violence.
20 Oct 2024 17:33: If someone threatens violence and are guilty of said violence
20 Oct 2024 17:37: Getting involved in unlawful situations involving fighting
20 Oct 2024 17:41: Something that disturbs the peace
20 Oct 2024 18:03: A disagreement between a number of people (more than two) possibly involving violence.
20 Oct 2024 18:42: Causing trouble, fighting, violent disorder.
20 Oct 2024 19:43: This would mean a time when someone is not following the rules of society. Maybe an incident of violence or anti social behaviour.
20 Oct 2024 19:58: What they are being accused of?
20 Oct 2024 20:04: I have no idea at all what the meaning of this word is. If i was to guess I would say affray means crime? But that is a complete guess
20 Oct 2024 20:07: Not a clue, they are afraid
20 Oct 2024 20:17: Bad conduct/behaviour. Criminal damage.
20 Oct 2024 20:20: like anti-social behaviour? group violence?
20 Oct 2024 20:23: Never heard this word before
20 Oct 2024 20:44: Public argument / fight between people
20 Oct 2024 20:45: Criminal offence through violence
20 Oct 2024 20:46: I think this is kind of like disorder or disobedient behaviour. Maybe like disturbing the peace
20 Oct 2024 21:03: A fight in public
20 Oct 2024 21:31: I am not sure
20 Oct 2024 21:52: A alternative work for an offence , disturbance etc
20 Oct 2024 22:26: Change of path
21 Oct 2024 08:25: Fighting. If you are charged with affray, it is because you have been involved in fighting.
21 Oct 2024 11:21: i have no idea
21 Oct 2024 11:51: An affray is when an individual / group have an argument or a fight
21 Oct 2024 11:53: Criminal conviction
21 Oct 2024 14:07: Someone who is very dismissive
21 Oct 2024 14:13: Causing a scene i.e fighting in public and causing trouble
21 Oct 2024 14:16: Affray means a fight or violent disturbance in a public place that causes people to be scared or alarmed.
21 Oct 2024 14:19: Not sure
21 Oct 2024 14:26: A fight that takes place in public
21 Oct 2024 14:29: A state of disarray....I would guess if it's used within the criminal law system ...perhaps complete miscommunication between all legal parties....
21 Oct 2024 14:32: Offense involving unlawful violence causing someone to fear for their own safety
21 Oct 2024 14:34: A Fight
21 Oct 2024 14:37: A fight outbreak or disturbance between people usually in a public place
21 Oct 2024 14:43: I am unsure
21 Oct 2024 14:43: Fighting with another person which scared surrounding people
21 Oct 2024 16:32: This is a fight or incident that would cause a disturbance to the local community.
21 Oct 2024 16:43: A fight in a public place, being visible to others
21 Oct 2024 17:05: A public display of disruption caused by violence or fighting
21 Oct 2024 18:42: Threatening violence against someone. A crime.
21 Oct 2024 19:14: The word affray implies a disagreement of some sort,either verbal or physical,causing a disturbance of some sort....
21 Oct 2024 19:19: Dont do that its not good
21 Oct 2024 19:42: Violent attack against other people
21 Oct 2024 19:48: When a crime is committed and it involves some violence towards a victim.
21 Oct 2024 20:49: Causing a disruption or nuisance.
21 Oct 2024 21:13: I think it is when you cause a nuisance of yourself or cause a disturbance in public.
21 Oct 2024 21:39: A relatively minor offence involving some disorder for example a scuffle or behaviour at a demonstration.
21 Oct 2024 22:01: To commit an act of harm, usually directed towards another person.
21 Oct 2024 22:20: involvement of one or more terms
21 Oct 2024 22:50: No clue
21 Oct 2024 22:50: something that is continuous
21 Oct 2024 22:52: When more people fight
22 Oct 2024 08:46: A fight breaking out between a group
22 Oct 2024 10:17: Physical fighting
22 Oct 2024 10:18: A scuffle, someone causing unrest in a way that physically involves bystanders or other members of the public
22 Oct 2024 10:24: Fighting/causing disruption in a public place
22 Oct 2024 10:25: Fighting in public or causing disturbances
22 Oct 2024 10:56: Not sure
22 Oct 2024 12:11: Unknown
22 Oct 2024 12:29: Attempting to mislead or lie in court in order to avoid conviction
22 Oct 2024 12:46: To get oneself into a fight or skirmish. Either verbally or physically.
22 Oct 2024 13:18: Maybe an altercation/ fight
22 Oct 2024 14:19: to leave something
22 Oct 2024 14:28: An outlaw, someone that frays away from the law
22 Oct 2024 15:10: With or without others in carrying out an organised riot
22 Oct 2024 15:28: Causing a disturbance
22 Oct 2024 15:42: Someone causing a nuisance in public including the threat of violence and destruction of property.
22 Oct 2024 15:42: Someone causing a nuisance in public including the threat of violence and destruction of property.
22 Oct 2024 17:17: Causing a disturbance
22 Oct 2024 17:25: Causing a public disturbance.
22 Oct 2024 17:38: A disturbance amongst people, a fight
22 Oct 2024 17:43: Public disturbance which is unlawful.
22 Oct 2024 18:10: When a group of people are involved in antisocial behaviour, usually some form of aggression against each other.
22 Oct 2024 18:56: When people fight.
22 Oct 2024 19:07: a fight between two or more people in public
22 Oct 2024 19:11: Someone or something that has gone off the rails
22 Oct 2024 20:03: A disturbance in some way
22 Oct 2024 20:10: Public disturbance
22 Oct 2024 20:14: A fight in a public place
22 Oct 2024 20:15: No idea
22 Oct 2024 20:21: An act not abiding to the law
22 Oct 2024 20:22: Similar to assault but a lot more serious usually invoking more people.
22 Oct 2024 20:30: Causing trouble in a public place.
22 Oct 2024 21:04: a large amount of people
22 Oct 2024 21:15: Public disturbance
22 Oct 2024 21:34: Public disorder or minor physical altercation.
22 Oct 2024 22:09: I've never heard of the word
22 Oct 2024 22:27: absolutely no idea
22 Oct 2024 22:47: Not sure
22 Oct 2024 22:48: I don’t what that is
22 Oct 2024 22:51: A fight
22 Oct 2024 23:03: Avoid or distance yourself from something
22 Oct 2024 23:10: Failing to meet the standard for something
22 Oct 2024 23:19: Idk
22 Oct 2024 23:19: No idea
23 Oct 2024 00:04: I’ve never heard of this word before…
23 Oct 2024 00:57: Affray is where someone is forced to make a confession
23 Oct 2024 01:13: A fight in public
23 Oct 2024 04:19: An affect means an action against someone a physical action
23 Oct 2024 05:14: No idea
23 Oct 2024 05:37: Affray would suggest someone or some people that inflict violence or chaos to those around them in the public, potentially for no reason.
23 Oct 2024 07:29: Disorderly behaviour.
23 Oct 2024 08:52: Threatening someone
23 Oct 2024 09:04: Fallen apart
23 Oct 2024 09:09: Violence , a threat to someone’s safety
23 Oct 2024 09:19: A disturbance, like a fight or being disorderly
23 Oct 2024 10:39: A fight or physical conflict in a public place.
23 Oct 2024 10:54: I'm not too sure what the word means
23 Oct 2024 10:55: the use or threaten of unlawful violence towards another
23 Oct 2024 10:57: Threatening someone else.
23 Oct 2024 11:00: something which is less significant than assault?
23 Oct 2024 11:05: Violence towards another person or group of people.
23 Oct 2024 11:11: when two or more people get into a physical fight in a public place, causing concern for others around them. It’s a disruption of public order because it scares people nearby.
23 Oct 2024 11:15: Involvement in group disorder against an inductor group causing or potentially causing injury or distress or public disorder.
23 Oct 2024 11:28: Avoiding the law
23 Oct 2024 11:29: Im not sure
23 Oct 2024 11:32: going out of order
23 Oct 2024 11:41: A Minor conflict between people that is often physical
23 Oct 2024 11:52: An affray is a disturbance involving someone else
23 Oct 2024 12:00: Affray is a disturbance of the peace usually involving a group of people fighting
23 Oct 2024 16:08: I don’t know
23 Oct 2024 19:09: Fighting in the streets or inciting others to do so
23 Oct 2024 20:43: I do not know
24 Oct 2024 11:43: This means a fight .
27 Oct 2024 20:18: moving against the topic in question
28 Oct 2024 15:43: I think the term Affray means, when someone has a fight in public and it’s getting too dangerous for it to carry on.
28 Oct 2024 16:35: Breaking a law by causing disturbance or violence
28 Oct 2024 16:50: A different kind of assault
29 Oct 2024 14:47: A fight between a group of people that interrupts peace in a public place
5 Nov 2024 14:35: No idea
5 Nov 2024 18:32: This is when someone causes disruption in a group, causing noise and disorder
6 Nov 2024 08:47: Disorderly behaviour.
9 Nov 2024 11:30: Something illegal
9 Nov 2024 11:56: Some sort of confrontation or fight on the street without anyone actually being hurt badly
9 Nov 2024 12:00: Not sure on this one. Think it's something to do with a group of people doing something a bit rebellious maybe.
9 Nov 2024 13:46: An affray is a situation where things have got out of control and a person or group of people are behaving aggressively
9 Nov 2024 14:23: No idea
9 Nov 2024 17:44: Physical conflict or assault on a person or persons.
12 Nov 2024 21:42: The term Affray suggest to me that a person has been involved in an act of public disorder involing a group of people
12 Nov 2024 21:56: Affray an argument / fight with a group of people
13 Nov 2024 16:37: Having a dispute between someone in public and moving away.
13 Nov 2024 18:08: Causing a disruption to a body of people, institute or public area that may cause offence or disorder to everyday life/services.
13 Nov 2024 18:14: When someone is afraid of something in a certain situation?
13 Nov 2024 18:43: Affray means a disturbance by people causing problems with others or within their community, a disagreement potentially resulting in violence and disorder.
13 Nov 2024 19:28: A fight
13 Nov 2024 19:44: To be scared
13 Nov 2024 19:47: A physical altercation.
16 Nov 2024 12:25: An altercation between two parties
16 Nov 2024 18:44: To me an affray is more than one person causing trouble in public where trouble is defined as any act that is breaking the law, including violent or anti-social behaviour.
17 Nov 2024 17:55: Public disorder Fighting on the street.
20 Nov 2024 14:34: Some kind of crime
20 Nov 2024 14:42: A fight between two people or more
20 Nov 2024 14:51: Violence or conflict, if I remember rightly.
20 Nov 2024 15:01: A low level public order offence, physical but not causing injury.
20 Nov 2024 15:11: Fighting in the street I suppose. A group of people have caused a disturbance that is disruptive to other people.
20 Nov 2024 15:18: scuffle or small fight
20 Nov 2024 19:09: Causing disorder
21 Nov 2024 10:00: I think it means a fight, but one where it's more pushing and shoving than actual fists thrown.

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