Word

criminal offense, n.

(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
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crime criminal offence criminal offense law-breaking

sample sentences

"a long record of crimes"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

criminal criminate incriminate incriminate criminalise

semantic pointers

hyponym

barratry capital offense cybercrime felony forgery fraud Had crime hijack, highjack mayhem violation, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, infringement perpetration, commission, committal attempt, attack Tazir crime statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence thuggery treason, high treason, lese majesty vice crime victimless crime war crime

hypernym

offense, offence

domain of synset (topic)

criminal law

member of this domain (topic)