What is another word for offences?

Pronunciation: [əfˈɛnsɪz] (IPA)

Offences are actions or behaviors that are considered wrong or illegal. There are various synonyms for the term "offences". Examples include misconduct, transgression, wrongdoing, violation, crime, misbehavior, infraction, and misdemeanor. Misconduct refers to any type of unacceptable behavior, while transgression refers to a violation of a particular rule or law. Wrongdoing is a more general term that can refer to any behavior that is considered morally or socially unacceptable. Violation is often used in a legal context and refers to breaking a specific law or regulation. Crime refers to a serious offense that is punishable by law. Misbehavior, infraction, and misdemeanor are similar terms that refer to minor offenses or breaking rules.

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Usage examples for Offences

There are offences which you could commit against me which would turn my love to hatred.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
The Swedish socialists had four newspapers in 1888, but three of them were confiscated by the Government in December of that year, and their editors arrested for offences against religion and the throne.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Mr. Whittle has even been known to refer to the book to convict his enemies in Davy's Bend of various offences; and Silas has so much respect for the volume that he has no trouble in imagining that the den in which Tug lives is not only a law office, but a repository of profane, political, and sacred history, to say nothing of the sciences and the town scandal.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe

Famous quotes with Offences

  • We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.
    Jeffrey Archer
  • A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime.
    Edgar Allan Poe
  • Forgiving yourself/ourselves gives you/us peace of mind and power/freedom to move forward and never backward. Yes of course, anyone who refuses to forgive himself/herself/others of his/her/their mistakes/offences/short-comings is unknowingly declining/degenerating morally/spiritually rather than increasing/appreciating.
    Emeasoba George
  • In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing.
    Jorge Luis Borges
  • (Carmine Crocco) The so-called "General" Crocco, who played an important part as a brigand and Bourbonist leader in the partisan war of 1860-61, was an escaped convict, with thirty offences, ranging from petty larceny to murder, registered against him in the books of the Neapolitan tribunals. He pillaged both Bourbonists and Liberals with strict impartiality.
    Eliakim Littell

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