DUI

• enPR: dē'-yo͞o-ī′, IPA^(key): /ˌdiː.juːˈaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

DUI (countable and uncountable, plural DUIs)

1. Initialism of driving under the influence [of alcohol or other drugs]: the act of doing so; a charge or conviction for that act.

   Synonyms: DWI, dewey, impaired driving

   Hypernyms: OWI, OVI (broadly synonymous); driving < operating, operation

   Coordinate terms: (impaired driving) BUI; (driving) DWB

   DUI is punishable by jail time and by fines.

   They hit him with DUI and gross negligence.

   He has several DUIs on his rap sheet.

   • 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Kelly acknowledged that alcoholism has been a problem for some air marshals — he said about 13 marshals had gotten D.U.I.s in the last three years — and he said that one marshal in the last five years had committed suicide.

   • 2020 February 27, Peter Jakubowicz, “The Drunk Men I Drive Around Every Night”, in Slate Magazine‎^[2]:

     They can go out and drink without worrying about getting a DUI or killing someone driving home (“I’m much better off in the back of your car, aren’t I?”).

   • 2020, Douglas Cowan, Jon Scott Fox, Defending DUIs in Washington, 3rd edition, →ISBN:

     [see title]

• Diu, IDU, IUD, UDI, UID, Udi, udi-, uid

DUI m (plural DUI)

1. acronym of declaración unilateral de independencia (“UDI (unilateral declaration of independence)”)

• DIU