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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Citations for “disorderly conduct"
Hi,
Can you tell me what the sentence in boldface means?
When the crowd got unruly, they requested police protection and were told there were not enough officers available. The crowd became abusive, shouting profanities and throwing rocks, bottles, and eggs. Eventually they were escorted out and threatened with citations for “disorderly conduct".
Thank you very much
Can you tell me what the sentence in boldface means?
When the crowd got unruly, they requested police protection and were told there were not enough officers available. The crowd became abusive, shouting profanities and throwing rocks, bottles, and eggs. Eventually they were escorted out and threatened with citations for “disorderly conduct".
Thank you very much
Top answer
"Threatened" means the police warned the crowd that they might give them "citations" which are orders to appear before a judge or go to court for "disorderly conduct" which is acting out, being loud, disrupting the public space, or (in this case) throwing things. A person can be threatened by another person with punishment, pain, fear, or anything that one might wish to avoid. Often the receiver of a threat is expected to change their behavior - if they don't, the person threatening them may enact the threat: they may punish, inflict pain, or do the activity that the first person might want to avoid.
- "Threatened" means the police warned the crowd that they might give them "citations" which are orders to appear before a judge or go to court for "disorderly conduct" which is acting out, being loud, disrupting the public space, or (in this case) throwing things.
- A person can be threatened by another person with punishment, pain, fear, or anything that one might wish to avoid.
- Often the receiver of a threat is expected to change their behavior - if they don't, the person threatening them may enact the threat: they may punish, inflict pain, or do the activity that the first person might want to avoid.
- " A citation is an order from the police or someone in a position of judicial authority to go to court - usually for a minor offense, traffic violation, or misdemeanor.
- "I received a citation for speeding last week.
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"Threatened" means the police warned the crowd that they might give them "citations" which are orders to appear before a judge or go to court for "disorderly conduct" which is acting out, being loud, disrupting the public space, or (in this case) throwing things.
A person can be threatened by another person with punishment, pain, fear, or anything that one might wish to avoid. Oft
A person can be threatened by another person with punishment, pain, fear, or anything that one might wish to avoid. Oft
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stephenlearnerEventually they were escorted out and threatened with citations for “disorderly conduct".Eventually they were escorted out and told that they might be given notices that that had behaved in an inappropriate way. (As the result of these notices they might have to pay a fine or appear in court.)
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