Eli5 What does “aggravated” mean when added to a criminal charge?

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What is the difference between assault and aggravated assault? Identity theft and aggravated identity theft?

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You know how American football used to have the 5-yard “incidental” face mask penalty and the 15-yard version if you yanked their head around? Or how basketball has regular fouls and flagrant fouls? Or soccer has regular penalties and yellow/red cards?

Basically like that. We get in a bar fight and I push you–assault. We get in a bar fight and I break a bottle over your head–aggravated assault.

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