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Definition of Offense
1. Noun. A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.
Generic synonyms: Behavior, Behaviour, Conduct, Doings
Specialized synonyms: Derision, Ridicule, Indelicacy, Insolence, Affront, Insult, Presumption, Rebuff, Slight
Derivative terms: Offend
2. Noun. A feeling of anger caused by being offended. "He took offence at my question"
Generic synonyms: Anger, Choler, Ire
Derivative terms: Offend, Umbrageous
3. Noun. (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act. "A long record of crimes"
Generic synonyms: Evildoing, Transgression
Specialized synonyms: Barratry, Capital Offense, Cybercrime, Felony, Forgery, Fraud, Had Crime, Highjack, Hijack, Mayhem, Infraction, Infringement, Misdemeanor, Misdemeanour, Violation, Commission, Committal, Perpetration, Attack, Attempt, Tazir Crime, Regulatory Offence, Regulatory Offense, Statutory Offence, Statutory Offense, Thuggery, High Treason, Lese Majesty, Treason, Vice Crime, Victimless Crime, War Crime
Category relationships: Criminal Law
Examples of category: Abduct, Kidnap, Nobble, Snatch, Impress, Shanghai, Commandeer, Highjack, Hijack, Pirate, Skyjack, Carjack, Extort, Blackmail, Scalp, Bootleg, Black Market, Run, Fob Off, Foist Off, Palm Off, Push, Black Marketeer, Pyramid, Ransom, Redeem, Traffic, Lift, Rustle, Shoplift, Hold Up, Stick Up, Mug, Pirate, Lift, Plagiarise, Plagiarize, Crib, Bribe, Buy, Corrupt, Grease One's Palms, Rake Off, Buy Off, Pay Off, Loot, Plunder, Smuggle, Kick Back
Derivative terms: Criminal, Criminalise, Criminate, Incriminate, Incriminate, Offend
4. Noun. The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score.
5. Noun. The action of attacking an enemy.
Generic synonyms: Military Operation, Operation
Specialized synonyms: Counteroffensive, Dirty War, Push Back, Rollback
Definition of Offense
1. n. The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.
Definition of Offense
1. Noun. The act of offending; a crime or sin; an affront or injury. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure. ¹
3. Noun. (context: team sports) (''often'' (IPA /?? f?ns/)) A strategy and tactics employed when in position to score; ''contrasted with'' defense. ¹
4. Noun. (context: team sports) (''often'' (IPA /?? f?ns/)) The portion of a team dedicated to scoring when in position to do so; ''contrasted with'' defense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offense
1. a violation of a moral or social code [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offense
Literary usage of Offense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Indictment and Information <§= 117—Allegation as to "offense and offender being
heretofore unknown" construed. In a special presentment by a grand jury, ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1915)
"The narrow question presented is, whether a conspiracy having for its object the
commission of an offense denounced as criminal by the bankruptcy act is, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1911)
"If the offense were a political one, especially, this was a power dangerous and
odious in the extreme. The sixth article of the amendments wisely took away ..."
4. A Source-book of Military Law and War-time Legislation by John Henry Wigmore, United States War Dept. Committee on Education and Special Training (1919)
"JURISDICTION OF offense BY SELECTIVE EN ROUTE TO CAMP Discipline—Articles of War
LIX. March 6, 1918. From: The Office of the Judge Advocate General. ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"An information is an accusation in writing, in form and substance like an indictment
for the same offense, charging a person with a crime or public offense, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"And Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams have lent some support to this view in complaining
of the sale of arms to the Confederacy as if it were an offense in magnitude ..."
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