offense : Idioms & Phrases
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capital offense
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noun a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate
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criminal offense
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noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
offence; crime; law-breaking; offense; criminal offence.
- a long record of crimes
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Divisible offense
(Law) , an offense containing a lesser offense in one of a greater grade, so that on the latter there can be an acquittal, while on the former there can be a conviction.
Webster 1913
Major offense
(Law) , an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault.
Webster 1913
Police offenses
(Law) , minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction.
Webster 1913
regulatory offense
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noun crimes created by statutes and not by common law
regulatory offense; regulatory offence; statutory offence.
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sex offense
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noun a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat
sexual abuse; sex crime; sexual assault.
- most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault
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statutory offense
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noun crimes created by statutes and not by common law
regulatory offense; regulatory offence; statutory offence.
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To take offense
- to feel, or assume to be, injured or affronted; to become angry or hostile.
Webster 1913
Weapons of offense
- those which are used in attack, in distinction from those of defense, which are used to repel.
