public intoxication

noun

The criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.

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Meanings

nounpublic intoxication (uncountable)
  1. uncountablelawThe criminal offence of being drunk in a public place.

    […] they urged State governments to adopt new comprehensive legislation in which alcoholism would be viewed as an illness and public intoxication would no longer be handled as a criminal offense.

    1973, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, page 3
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APA

public intoxication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20intoxication

MLA

“public intoxication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20intoxication. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “public intoxication,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/public%20intoxication.

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