0 abbreviation for domestic violence: a situation in which someone is attacked and hurt by a person who lives with them:
She highlights how victims of DV have been failed by the legal system.
Often in DV cases the perpetrator will turn up in court, months after the incident, in a smart suit, looking all innocent.
DV victims are of course not always wives, women, or in heterosexual relationships, and abusers are not always male.
Allegations of DV were made against him.
