Words / D / Law

domestic abuse

noun

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Controlling, coercive, threatening, violent or abusive behaviour between people who are or have been in a relationship.

Allegations of domestic abuse meant the court had to consider whether contact could take place safely.

Topic: Family law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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