WordNet
disturbance of the peace
n. any act of molesting or interrupting or hindering or disquieting or agitating or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled [syn: disorderly conduct, disorderly behavior, breach of the peace]
Usage examples of "disturbance of the peace".
He was no longer too certain that this disturbance of the peace of Massennock had nothing to do with the purpose of his mission and, methodical as he was, he decided to get to the bottom of the matter.