词组 | offence |
释义 | offence BrE offense AmE /əˈfens/ noun an illegal action or a crimeverbscommit an offence (=do something that is against the law) If you lie to the court, you are committing a serious offence. charge sb with an offence In that year, 367 people were charged with terrorist offences.convict sb of an offence (=say officially that they are guilty) The number of women convicted of serious offences is fairly small.admit an offence When questioned by police, he admitted the offense.make sth an offence also make it an offence to do sth The Act made it an offence to sell cigarettes to children under 16.adjectives/nouns + offencea criminal offence It is a criminal offence to sell alcohol to someone under the age of 18.a serious offence The prisoners have committed serious offenses such as murder or robbery.a minor/trivial offence The police stopped him for a minor offence.a first offence Because it was a first offence, she was not sent to prison.a lesser offence (=one that is not as serious as another offence) The jury will have to decide whether he is guilty of murder or the lesser offence of manslaughter.a driving/parking/traffic offence Speeding is the most common traffic offence.drug/weapons/sex offences He is serving 20 years for drug offenses.a capital offence (=one for which death is the punishment) Drug smuggling was made a capital offense in 1987.a punishable offence also an offence punishable by/with sth (=one that you can be punished for) Possession of the drug is an offence punishable by up to one year’s imprisonment. | Lying in court is a punishable offense.a federal offense AmE (=a very serious offence against the law of the US, rather than against a state’s law) The turtles are rare, and it is a federal offense to take them to another state.an arrestable/indictable offence (=one that you can be arrested for or must go to court for) Indictable offences are tried by a jury in a Crown Court.prepositionsan offence against sb There is a high risk that he will commit further offenses against women.phrasesit is an offence to do sth It is an offence to carry a weapon in a public place. |
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