disorderly conduct
noun
: a petty offense chiefly against public order and decency that falls short of an indictable misdemeanor
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Due to his intoxication and combativeness, police arrested the younger man for disorderly conduct. 
cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 He was arrested for disorderly conduct at a bar, where bodycam footage captured him making racist remarks. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2022 Commerford was arrested for disorderly conduct and spent one night in jail. Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 All but one of the tickets were for disorderly conduct, and all were issued to Black students. ProPublica, 24 July 2022 Prior to his conviction, McGee had racked up numerous run-ins with the law, including a citation for disorderly conduct and a conviction for breaking a windshield with a baseball bat. Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2022 According to police, an officer arrived at Mellerson’s home in the 7000 block of North Alter Street on Jan. 10, 2020, to arrest her granddaughter for disorderly conduct during a previous interaction. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2022 The flight had to be diverted to Oklahoma City, where Pennington was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 Gary Knight, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department, said the man was arrested when the plane landed and was charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, both misdemeanors. Ian Duncan, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2021 See More
cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022 He was arrested for disorderly conduct at a bar, where bodycam footage captured him making racist remarks. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2022 Commerford was arrested for disorderly conduct and spent one night in jail. Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 All but one of the tickets were for disorderly conduct, and all were issued to Black students. ProPublica, 24 July 2022 Prior to his conviction, McGee had racked up numerous run-ins with the law, including a citation for disorderly conduct and a conviction for breaking a windshield with a baseball bat. Isaac Yu, Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2022 According to police, an officer arrived at Mellerson’s home in the 7000 block of North Alter Street on Jan. 10, 2020, to arrest her granddaughter for disorderly conduct during a previous interaction. Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2022 The flight had to be diverted to Oklahoma City, where Pennington was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022 Gary Knight, a spokesman for the Oklahoma City Police Department, said the man was arrested when the plane landed and was charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, both misdemeanors. Ian Duncan, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
disorderly conduct
noun
dis·or·der·ly conduct
: conduct that is likely to lead to a disturbance of the public peace or that offends public decency
also : the petty offense of engaging in disorderly conduct compare breach of the peace
Note: The term disorderly conduct is used in statutes to identify various acts against the public peace. It has been held to include the use of obscene language in public, the blocking of public ways, and the making of threats. A statute must identify acts that constitute disorderly conduct with sufficient clarity in order to avoid being held unconstitutional because of vagueness.
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