drink-driving

noun

Definitions

  1. Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage.

    • A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight,[…]
    • Another outcome of rising motor car use was the increased danger around Christmas through drink-driving, which became a matter of particular concern among policy makers.
  2. A criminal offence committed by a person who operates a vehicle when the measured amount…

    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.

    • A reformed alcoholic with an “appalling” history of drink-driving between three and five times the legal limit was jailed yesterday.

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