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  • 51a sackable/sacking offence — UK (US a firing offense) ► HR a wrong action that you can lose your job for: »Drinking alcohol while on duty is a sackable offence. Main Entry: ↑offence …

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  • 52a sacking offence — a sackable/sacking offence UK (US a firing offense) ► HR a wrong action that you can lose your job for: »Drinking alcohol while on duty is a sackable offence. Main Entry: ↑offence …

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  • 53criminal offence — noun (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act a long record of crimes • Syn: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑offence, ↑law breaking • Derivationally re …

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  • 54regulatory offence — noun crimes created by statutes and not by common law • Syn: ↑statutory offense, ↑statutory offence, ↑regulatory offense • Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑ …

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  • 55mean no offence — phrase to have no intention of making someone angry and upset by what you are doing or saying I’m sorry, I meant no offence. Thesaurus: to insult or offend someonesynonym Main entry: offence …

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  • 56take offence (at something) — phrase to feel angry and upset because of something that someone has said or done I’m not surprised she took offence at his remarks. Thesaurus: to feel offended or insultedsynonym Main entry: offence …

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  • 57Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation — Vapor Trail Vapor Trail Hyper Offence Formation Éditeur Data East Telenet Japan Développeur Data East Concepteur Hironori Kobayashi Date de sortie Arcade 1989 Megadrive …

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  • 58serious arrestable offence — See arrestable offence. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 59bookable offence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms bookable offence : singular bookable offence plural bookable offences British an action by a football player that breaks the rules of the game and leads to the player s name being officially recorded by the… …

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  • 60capital offence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms capital offence : singular capital offence plural capital offences a) a crime for which the punishment is death b) humorous something that is considered a very bad thing to do …

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