offence

[uh-fens, aw-fens, of-ens]

noun

British.

1. variant of offense.

offence

/ əˈfɛns /

noun

1. a violation or breach of a law, custom, rule, etc

2. 1. any public wrong or crime

   2. a nonindictable crime punishable on summary conviction

3. annoyance, displeasure, or resentment

4. to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone

5. to feel injured, humiliated, or offended

6. a source of annoyance, displeasure, or anger

7. attack; assault

8. archaic,  injury or harm

9. American football

   1. the team that has possession of the ball

   2. the members of a team that play in such circumstances

Other Word Forms

• offenceless adjective

Example Sentences

Noboa's office said those arrested would be charged with offences of terrorism and attempted assassination.

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Mr Parkinson said the evidence would have needed to represent China as "a threat to national security" at the time of the alleged offences by Mr Cash and Mr Berry.

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If 22 May was considered to the be the date of the charge, that was six months and a day after the London gig where the offence allegedly happened.

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A third man, a 29-year-old Indian national, has since been charged with the same offences.

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He said the government's evidence in the case was "based on the previous government's policy that was relevant at the time that the alleged offences took place between 2021 and 2023".

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