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Assault

/əˈsɔːlt/

A violent physical or verbal attack on someone.

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You know what the penalty is for assaulting a Red Cap?"

Make an assault?

Her crime: assaulting a Levite for having her son flogged.

Derived from Old French assaillir, from Vulgar Latin assaltare, frequentative of Latin assilīre, meaning to spring upon, leap.

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