drunk and disorderly

drunk and disorderly

A criminal charge issued to someone who is intoxicated and behaving erratically. Let's go home because if you keep yelling in public like this, they're going to slap you with drunk and disorderly.
See also: and, drunk
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drunk and disorderly

a criminal charge for public drunkenness accompanied by bad or offensive behavior. The judge fined Richard for being drunk and disorderly. In addition to being convicted for driving while intoxicated, Richard was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly.
See also: and, drunk
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • get stupid
  • be not right in the head
  • not (quite) right in the head
  • not right in the head
  • be out of (one's) face
  • dart around
  • be (as) mad as a hatter
  • out of (one's) face
  • out of skull
  • out of your skull
References in periodicals archive
Piotr Pieozewcki pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly
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Overall, Newcastle's total drunk and disorderly arrests figure has dropped from 1,579 in 2015/16 to 1,306 in 2017/18, and police say it is "one of the safest cities in the country to enjoy a night out".
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Mr Moore, who required 15 stitches, later admitted assault and being drunk and disorderly. After he was cleared by the jury, Pc McVeigh puffed out his cheeks and hugged his wife in the public gallery.
Police officer cleared of assaulting prisoner
| Joshua Gareth Wheatley, 18, from Dafydd Place in Barry, admitted drunk and disorderly behaviour at Chapel Wood in Llanederyn.
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Mr Browse feared he could lose his door licence and job when he was prosecuted for drunk and disorderly behaviour, but was found not guilty after a trial on August 16, 2010.
Dad wins PS15k over 'wrongful arrest'
Piotr Pieozewcki, 39, of Ashbrooke Way, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at Teesside Magistrates' Court
Drunk and disorderly man said he needed axe 'to break up a wooden pallet to fix fence'; Piotr Pieozewcki admitted being drunk on Parliament Road in Middlesbrough on July 14, but denied he was in possession of an offensive weapon
Ex-soldier over limit A DRUNK and disorderly ex-serviceman with post traumatic stress syndrome had nearly four times the amount of alcohol in his breath that would have been permitted had he been a motorist.
Ex-soldier over limit A DRUNK [...]
ANEWCASTLE United fan has admitted being drunk and disorderly after squaring up to a police officer following an away game.
NUFC fan admits being drunk and disorderly
"The officer reported his actions as being aggressive in manner and he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly," Miss Common added.
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The 35-year-old appeared at Kirklees Magistrates' Court and pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in public.
Drunk man lashed out at bus stop
The following cases were heard at Cardiff Magistrates' Court: | | Mark Bunyan, 37, of Barry Angling Centre, Barry, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Sully on May 13 and assaulting two police officers.
LOOK WHO'S BEEN IN COURT
A MERSEYSIDE councillor with responsibility for licensing bars was arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly following her party's local election success.
BOOZING FINE FOR PUBS AND CLUBS CHIEF DISORDERLY: Jo-Ann Willmitt; Labour politician was celebrating election
During the daytime at the Mathew Street Festival, 26 people were arrested for offences including one for assault, nine for being drunk and disorderly, two for possession of a controlled drug, 12 for public disorder, one for committing anti-social behaviour and one for breaching the conditions of an anti-social behaviour order.
Over 130 arrests at music festivals
A RYANAIR passenger was so drunk and disorderly the pilot was forced to abort his landing, a court heard.
'Jet aborted landing due to cabin row' COURTS
Stephen Winstone, aged 42, of Chace Hostel, Chace Guildhouse, Coventry, drunk and disorderly behaviour in a public place, criminal antisocial behaviour order for two years, fined pounds 100.
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