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offence
of·fence O0037800 (ə-fĕns′)n. Chiefly British Variant of offense.offence (əˈfɛns) or offensen1. a violation or breach of a law, custom, rule, etc2. a. any public wrong or crimeb. a nonindictable crime punishable on summary conviction3. annoyance, displeasure, or resentment4. give offence give offence to someone to cause annoyance or displeasure to someone5. take offence to feel injured, humiliated, or offended6. a source of annoyance, displeasure, or anger7. (Military) attack; assault8. archaic injury or harm9. (American Football) the offense (ˈɒfɛns) American football a. the team that has possession of the ballb. the members of a team that play in such circumstances ofˈfenceless, ofˈfenseless adjThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  offence - the action of attacking an enemy offensive, offensemilitary operation, operation - activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign); "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"counteroffensive - a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking forcedirty war - an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims; "thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late 1970s"push back, rollback - the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw | | 2. | offence - the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to scoreoffenseteam, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)defending team, defence, defense - (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring; "his teams are always good on defense" | | 3. |  offence - a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question"umbrage, offenseanger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | | 4. | offence - a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or othersoffense, offensive activity, discourtesybehavior, conduct, doings, behaviour - manner of acting or controlling yourselfderision, ridicule - the act of deriding or treating with contemptindelicacy - an impolite act or expressioninsolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent actaffront, insult - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"presumption - a kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming; "his presumption was intolerable"rebuff, slight - a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | | 5. |  offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offenseevildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"barratry - the offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrelscapital offense - a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriatecybercrime - crime committed using a computer and the internet to steal a person's identity or sell contraband or stalk victims or disrupt operations with malevolent programsfelony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson)forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraudfraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another personHad crime - (Islam) serious crimes committed by Muslims and punishable by punishments established in the Koran; "Had crimes include apostasy from Islam and murder and theft and adultery"highjack, hijack - seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destinationmayhem - the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another personinfraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement - a crime less serious than a felonyperpetration, committal, commission - the act of committing a crimeattempt, attack - the act of attacking; "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"Tazir crime - (Islam) minor crimes committed by Muslims; crimes that are not mentioned in the Koran so judges are free to punish the offender in any appropriate way; "in some Islamic nations Tazir crimes are set by legislation"regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense - crimes created by statutes and not by common lawthuggery - violent or brutal acts as of thugshigh treason, lese majesty, treason - a crime that undermines the offender's governmentvice crime - a vice that is illegalvictimless crime - an act that is legally a crime but that seem to have no victims; "he considers prostitution to be a victimless crime"war crime - a crime committed in wartime; violation of rules of warcriminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishmentabduct, kidnap, nobble, snatch - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"shanghai, impress - take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after being drugged"commandeer, highjack, hijack, pirate - take arbitrarily or by force; "The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami"skyjack - subject an aircraft to air piracy; "the plane was skyjacked to Uzbekistan"carjack - take someone's car from him by force, usually with the intention of stealing it; "My car was carjacked last night!"extort - obtain through intimidationblackmail - obtain through threatsscalp - sell illegally, as on the black marketbootleg - sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey"black market, run - deal in illegally, such as arms or liquorfob off, foist off, palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceivepush - sell or promote the sale of (illegal goods such as drugs); "The guy hanging around the school is pushing drugs"black marketeer - deal on the black marketpyramid - use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid dealransom, redeem - exchange or buy back for money; under threattraffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs"rustle, lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle"shoplift - steal in a storestick up, hold up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threatmug - rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"pirate - copy illegally; of published materialplagiarise, plagiarize, lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual propertycrib - take unauthorized (intellectual material)bribe, grease one's palms, buy, corrupt - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"rake off - take money from an illegal transactionbuy off, pay off - pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor |
offencenoun1. crime, wrong, sin, lapse, fault, violation, wrongdoing, trespass, felony, misdemeanour, delinquency, misdeed, transgression, peccadillo, unlawful act, breach of conduct It is a criminal offence to sell goods which are unsafe.2. outrage, shock, anger, trouble, bother, grief (informal), resentment, irritation, hassle (informal), wrath, indignation, annoyance, ire (literary), displeasure, pique, aggravation, hard feelings, umbrage, vexation, wounded feelings The book might be published without creating offence.3. insult, injury, slight, hurt, harm, outrage, put-down (slang), injustice, snub, affront, indignity, displeasure, rudeness, slap in the face (informal), insolence His behaviour was an offence to his hosts.take offence be offended, resent, be upset, be outraged, be put out (informal), be miffed (informal), be displeased, take umbrage, be disgruntled, be affronted, be piqued, take the needle (informal), get riled, take the huff, go into a huff, be huffy You're very quick to take offence today.Translationsoffend (əˈfend) verb1. to make feel upset or angry. If you don't go to her party she will be offended; His criticism offended her. 傷害...感情 伤害...感情2. to be unpleasant or disagreeable. Cigarette smoke offends me. 使不舒服 使不舒服ofˈfence , (American) ofˈfense noun1. (any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc. That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye. 觸怒 触怒2. a crime. The police charged him with several offences. 罪過 罪过ofˈfender noun a person who offends, especially against the law. 罪犯 罪犯ofˈfensive (-siv) adjective1. insulting. offensive remarks. 冒犯 冒犯2. disgusting. an offensive smell. 令人討厭的 令人讨厌的3. used to attack. an offensive weapon. 進攻性的 进攻性的 noun an attack. They launched an offensive against the invading army. 進攻 进攻ofˈfensively adverb 令人不快地，無禮地 令人不快地，无礼地 ofˈfensiveness noun 進攻 进攻be on the offensive to be making an attack. She always expects people to criticize her and so she is always on the offensive. 處於進攻狀態 处于进攻状态take offence (with at) to be offended (by something). He took offence at what she said. 因某事而生氣 因某事而生气offence
hanging offenseA crime, misdeed, or impropriety that is (hyperbolically) perceived to warrant death by hanging. Primarily heard in US. Political correctness has become so authoritarian these days that saying anything with even the slightest derogatory implication is seen as a hanging offense!See also: hanging, offensetake offence (at something)To be or feel insulted, offended, or humiliated by something. Primarily heard in UK. I know your jokes were made completely in jest, but I couldn't help taking offence at them. I noticed your parents leaving in a bit of a huff earlier; I do hope they haven't taken offence.See also: offence, takeno offenseWhat I have said or am about to say is not meant to offend or insult you, even though it could be interpreted that way. No offense, but I think it may be time you cleaned up your kitchen. All I'm saying is that I think we could use some more help with the renovation. No offense, John, you've been a big help.See also: no, offenseno offense meantWhat I have said or am about to say is not meant to offend or insult you, even though it could be interpreted that way. No offense meant, but I think it may be time you cleaned up your kitchen. All I'm saying is that I think we could use some more help with the renovation—no offense meant.See also: meant, no, offenseno offense takenI was not offended or insulted by what you just said. A: "Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that we didn't appreciate your help!" B: "No worries, no offense taken."See also: no, offense, takenNo offense meant.I did not mean to offend [you]. (See also No offense taken.) Mary: Excuse that last remark. No offense meant. Susan: It's okay. I was not offended.See also: meant, no, offenseNo offense taken.I am not offended [by what you said]. (See also No offense meant.) Pete: Excuse that last remark. I did not want to offend you. Tom: It's okay. No offense taken.See also: no, offense, takenno offensePlease don't feel insulted, I don't mean to offend you, as in No offense, but I think you're mistaken. This expression, first recorded in 1829, generally accompanies a statement that could be regarded as insulting but is not meant to be, as in the example. See also: no, offensea hanging offence a fault or crime so serious that the perpetrator should be executed. 1998 Spectator It is hardly a hanging offence to overlook telegrams about a small African country, but surely the Prime Minister must read JIC reports? See also: hanging, offenceno ofˈfence (spoken) used to say that you do not mean to upset or insult somebody by something you say or do: No offence, but I’d really like to be on my own.See also: no, offenceoffence
offence (US), offense American footballa. the team that has possession of the ball b. the members of a team that play in such circumstances offence
Related to offence: Summary offenceOFFENCE, crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to be done, or omitting to do what it commands; in this sense it is nearly synonymous with crime. (q.v.) In a more confined sense, it may be considered as having the same meaning with misdemeanor, (q.v.) but it differs from it in this, that it is not indictable, but punishable summarily by the forfeiture of a penalty. 1 Chit. Prac. 14. offence
Related to offence: Summary offenceSynonyms for offencenoun crimeSynonyms- crime
- wrong
- sin
- lapse
- fault
- violation
- wrongdoing
- trespass
- felony
- misdemeanour
- delinquency
- misdeed
- transgression
- peccadillo
- unlawful act
- breach of conduct
noun outrageSynonyms- outrage
- shock
- anger
- trouble
- bother
- grief
- resentment
- irritation
- hassle
- wrath
- indignation
- annoyance
- ire
- displeasure
- pique
- aggravation
- hard feelings
- umbrage
- vexation
- wounded feelings
noun insultSynonyms- insult
- injury
- slight
- hurt
- harm
- outrage
- put-down
- injustice
- snub
- affront
- indignity
- displeasure
- rudeness
- slap in the face
- insolence
phrase take offenceSynonyms- be offended
- resent
- be upset
- be outraged
- be put out
- be miffed
- be displeased
- take umbrage
- be disgruntled
- be affronted
- be piqued
- take the needle
- get riled
- take the huff
- go into a huff
- be huffy
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