📚 Assault, noun. 🔉 /əˈsɔːlt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Law): An act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done. ❗️ Examples: 1. He admitted an assault and two thefts. 2. He appeared in court charged with assault. 3. In that case the appellant had been convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by harassing his female victim. 4. The father was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but was acquitted. 5. He has previous convictions for theft, robbery and assault causing actual bodily harm. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic