offense

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noun

1. a lack of politeness;
a failure to show regard for others;
wounding the feelings or others (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
discourtesy, offence, offensive activity
• Derivationally related forms:
offend
• Hypernyms:
behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
• Hyponyms:
derision, ridicule, indelicacy, insolence, insult,
affront, presumption, rebuff, slight
2. a feeling of anger caused by being offended (Freq. 1)
- he took offence at my question
• Syn:
umbrage, offence
• Derivationally related forms:
offend (for: offence), umbrageous (for: umbrage)
• Hypernyms:
anger, choler, ire
3. (criminal law) an act punishable by law;
usually considered an evil act (Freq. 1)
- a long record of crimes
• Syn:
crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking
• Derivationally related forms:
offend, criminal (for: crime), criminate (for: crime), incriminate (for: crime), criminalise (for: crime)
• Topics:
criminal law
• Members of this Topic:
kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch, shanghai,
impress, commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate, skyjack,
carjack, extort, blackmail, scalp, bootleg, run,
black market, foist off, palm off, fob off, push, black marketeer,
pyramid, ransom, redeem, traffic, rustle, lift,
shoplift, hold up, stick up, mug, plagiarize, plagiarise,
crib, bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palms, rake off,
buy off, pay off, loot, plunder, smuggle, kick back
• Hypernyms:
transgression, evildoing
• Hyponyms:
barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery,
fraud, Had crime, hijack, highjack, mayhem, misdemeanor,
misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement, perpetration, commission,
committal, attack, attempt, Tazir crime, statutory offense, statutory offence,
regulatory offense, regulatory offence, thuggery, treason, high treason, lese majesty,
vice crime, victimless crime, war crime
4. the action of attacking an enemy
• Syn:
offence, offensive
• Hypernyms:
operation, military operation
• Hyponyms:
counteroffensive, dirty war, rollback, push back
5. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
• Syn:
offence
• Ant:
defence (for: offence), defense
• Hypernyms:
team, squad

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  offence, offensive, crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking, umbrage, discourtesy, offensive activity
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  defense, defence, defending team