grievous harm
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grievous bodily harm — ► NOUN Law ▪ serious physical injury inflicted on a person by the deliberate action of another, considered more serious than actual bodily harm … English terms dictionary
grievous bodily harm — grievous .bodily harm n [U] BrE law serious injury caused by a criminal attack = ↑GBH … Dictionary of contemporary English
grievous bodily harm — grievous ,bodily harm noun uncount LEGAL very serious injuries caused by a violent attack on someone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grievous — (adj.) c.1300, from Anglo Fr. grevous (O.Fr. grevos) heavy, hard, toilsome, from grief (see GRIEF (Cf. grief)). Legal term grievous bodily harm attested from 1803 … Etymology dictionary
grievous — meaning ‘severe, causing grief or suffering’ (as in grievous bodily harm), is sometimes wrongly pronounced as if it were grievious, and even spelt this way … Modern English usage
Grievous bodily harm — For other uses, see Grievous Bodily Harm (disambiguation). Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term of art used in English criminal law which has become synonymous with the offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the… … Wikipedia
grievous bodily harm — noun street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate • Syn: ↑soap, ↑scoop, ↑max, ↑liquid ecstasy, ↑goop, ↑Georgia home boy, ↑easy lay • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
harm — n. 1) to cause, do harm 2) to undo harm 3) considerable, grave, great, immeasurable, irreparable, severe harm 4) (grievous) bodily harm 5) harm in; to (there is no harm in doing that; was any harm done to the children?) * * * [hɑːm] do harm grave … Combinatory dictionary
grievous — griev•ous [[t]ˈgri vəs[/t]] adj. 1) causing grief or great sorrow: a grievous loss[/ex] 2) causing serious harm; flagrant; atrocious: a grievous offense[/ex] 3) characterized by great pain or suffering: arrested for causing grievous bodily… … From formal English to slang
grievous bodily harm — N UNCOUNT If someone is accused of grievous bodily harm, they are accused of causing very serious physical injury to someone. The abbreviation GBH is often used. [LEGAL] They were both found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm … English dictionary
