fracass

[US]/'frækɑː/
[UK]/'frekəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en støyende kveldskvallert

Example Sentences

putting down a violent fracas among prison inmates;

å nedkjempe en voldsom konflikt blant fengselsheldere;

A couple of mobsters were rubbed out in a fracas with the law.

Flere maffiabosses ble dratt ned i en konflikt med politiet.

There was a fracas at the bar last night.

Det var en konflikt i baren i går kveld.

The fracas between the two rival gangs escalated quickly.

Konflikten mellom de to rivaliserende ganger eskalerte raskt.

The fracas broke out during the protest.

Konflikten brøt ut under protesten.

The fracas resulted in several arrests.

Konflikten førte til flere arrestasjoner.

The fracas was caught on camera.

Konflikten ble filmet.

She tried to break up the fracas before it got out of hand.

Hun prøvde å bryte opp konflikten før det ble for voldt.

The fracas left several people injured.

Konflikten la flere personer såret.

The fracas ended with both parties walking away.

Konflikten endte med at begge parter gikk vekk.

Police were called to the scene of the fracas.

Politiet ble kalt til stedet for konflikten.

The fracas erupted over a dispute about money.

Konflikten brøt ut over en strid om penger.

Real-world Examples

The students are black (as, secretly, is he), and the fracas ends his career.

Studentene er sorte (som han, hemmelig, også er), og fracasen bringer hans karriere til ende.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And there was a fracas, in which Captain Cook was killed by at least one Hawaiian.

Og det var en fracas, hvor kaptein Cook ble drept av minst én hawaiianser.

Source: World History Crash Course

You and me, we had our little fracas.

Deg og meg, vi hadde vår lille fracas.

Source: Boardwalk Empire Season 3

You and me, we had our little fracas, huh?

Deg og meg, vi hadde vår lille fracas, hva?

Source: Atlantic Empire Season 2

While privacy concerns and even large-scale data breaches are nothing new, experts say the fracas at Facebook has brought the dilemma of increasingly powerful technology into better focus.

Selv om personvernsforhold og enda store data-lekkasjer ikke er noe nytt, sier eksperter at fracasen ved Facebook har gjort dilemmaet rundt teknologier med økende kraft tydeligere.

Source: Time

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