1950 21 June 16 (advt.) A charge of driving while intoxicated—or a DWI charge, as the police call it—is often impossible to prove in court unless it's backed up by evidence from a chemical test.
1983 J. W. Dickey et al. x. 364 To remove and treat problem drinkers, a system was developed to identify such among the DWI offenders and refer them to special treatment centers.
2001 Sept. 71/2 When it came out that George W. Bush had a DWI arrest, it was also mentioned in passing that Dick Cheney had two DWI arrests when he was a young man.