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intoxication

noun/ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən/

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

A condition induced by drink or drugs sometimes raised to show the accused lacked the required intent.

Voluntary intoxication was no defence to the assault, since it was a crime of basic intent.

Similar: inebriation

Topic: Criminal 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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