aggravated assault

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   a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon)

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Questions about aggravated assault

What does aggravated assault mean?

aggravated assault means "a reckless attack with intent to injure seriously (as with a deadly weapon)".

Is aggravated assault a common word?

aggravated assault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.