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drink-driving
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
drink-driving
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
drink-drivingBritish English, drunk driving especially AmE (= the offence of driving after drinking too much alcohol)
▪ Len was convicted on a charge of drink-driving.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A local man has been charged with drink-driving.
▪ It's the second time van driver Martin Clarke has been convicted of drink-driving.
▪ Sadly some customers don't consume their products sensibly and drink-driving is a prime example.
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drink-driving

alt. 1 (context chiefly British English) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. 2 (context chiefly British legal English) A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit. n. 1 (context chiefly British English) Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage. 2 (context chiefly British legal English) A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds the legal limit.

Usage examples of "drink-driving".

Moggie 'the cat' Reilly, like many other jockeys, kept fit by regular running, and many, also, left their cars outside the pubs at night rather than be done for drink-driving, so no one paid any attention when Moggie jogged to The Stag, plucked his keys from their magnetic box and drove himself home.