From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisturb the peacedisturb the peaceSCL law to behave in a noisy and unpleasant way in public → disturb
Examples from the Corpus
disturb the peace• Foreigners are seen to contaminate their precious homogeneity and disturb the peace.• Here a total sense of calm prevails and only church bells disturb the peace.• In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again, this time on a charge of disturbing the peace.• Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace.• The accused batterer was fined $ 150 for disturbing the peace.• When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace.• She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life.• Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.disturb the peacedisturb the peacelawSCL to behave in a noisy or violent way Macklin was charged with disturbing the peace. → breach of the peace at breach1(5) → peaceExamples from the Corpus
disturb the peace• Kenneth Jackson's crooning struck a wrong note with police who arrested him for allegedly disturbing the peace.• Foreigners are seen to contaminate their precious homogeneity and disturb the peace.• Here a total sense of calm prevails and only church bells disturb the peace.• The accused batterer was fined $ 150 for disturbing the peace.• When she none the less returned to school, the board president had her arrested for disturbing the peace.• Riders heard disturbing the peace will have their registrations noted, and these will then be passed on to the police.• In 1668 he found himself in gaol once again, this time on a charge of disturbing the peace.• She promised herself never again to disturb the peace of this man's life. 