OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8170

battery

/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agresión • golpes • lesiones
The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
Holonym: assault and battery
[…] A battery is the actual infliction of unlawful personal violence. […] [The defendant] fell to the ground and lashed out with his feet and in doing so kicked the hand of one of…
batería
The catcher and the pitcher together
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