offence
61take offence — BE OFFENDED, take exception, take something personally, feel affronted, feel resentful, take something amiss, take umbrage, get upset, get annoyed, get angry, get into a huff; Brit. informal get the hump. → offence * * * take offence To feel… …
62indictable offence — noun An offence that must be tried before a jury in the Crown Court • • • Main Entry: ↑indict …
63self-offence — self offenceˈ noun (rare) 1. An attack on, or injury to, oneself 2. One s own offence (Shakespeare) • • • Main Entry: ↑self …
64bookable offence — UK US noun [countable] [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 referee . After two bookable… …
65arrestable offence — arˌrestable ofˈfence 7 [arrestable offence] noun (law) an offence for which sb can be arrested without a ↑warrant from a judge …
66hanging offence — noun A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging. Word reached the ear of the prosecuting attorney of the only testimony that could establish a motive and make the crime a hanging offence …
67inchoate offence — a crime that can be committed even though the planned or actual crime is not completed. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …
68arrestable offence — noun Law, Brit. an offence for which there is a fixed mandatory penalty or which carries a sentence of at least five years imprisonment …
69summary offence — noun Law an offence within the scope of a summary court …
70mean no offence — to have no intention of making someone angry and upset by what you are doing or saying I m sorry, I meant no offence …
