Offense

Definitions: Offense

Offense

Noun

1. A lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others.

2. A feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question".

3. A crime less serious than a felony.

4. The team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score.

5. The action of attacking the enemy.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "offense" was first used: sometime in the mid-14th century. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Law

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Synonyms: Offense

Attack

Aggression, offense; incursion, inroad, invasion; irruption; outbreak; estrapade, ruade; coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray; run at, run against; dead set at.

Guilt

Offense, trespass; misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision; malefaction, malfeasance, malversation; crime, felony.

Pain

Irritate, provoke, sting, nettle, try the patience, pique, fret, rile, tweak the nose, chafe, gall; sting to the quick, wound to the quick, cut to the quick; aggrieve, affront, enchafe, enrage, ruffle, sour the temper; give offense; (resentment).

Resentment

Verb: resent; take amiss, take ill, take to heart, take offense, take umbrage, take huff, take exception; take in ill part, take in bad part, take in dudgeon; ne pas entendre raillerie; breathe revenge, cut up rough.

Cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &e.; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw.

Affront, provocation, offense; indignity; (insult); grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli; ill turn, outrage.

Crosswords: Offense

French (affront, injury, insult, offence, trespass).

Yeah, first offense. (Life of Brian; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

Instead I'm here with you -- no offense, but a moron pushing the last legal drug. (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

Screwing with the mail is a federal offense. (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

Homer, you're a bad man and your seed should be wiped from the earthno offense, children. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You do know it is a federal offense to destroy a United States Post Office? (Flirting with Disaster; writing credit: David O. Russell)

I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense. (I SHOT THE SHERIFF; performing artist: Eric Clapton)

Fundamentals of Offense (1931)

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Books

• Coaching Footballs Spread Offense (reference)

• Coaching Football's Zone Offense (The Art & Science of Coaching) (reference)

• Coaching the No-Huddle Offense (reference)

• Play Football the NFL Way: Position-By-Position Techniques and Drills for Offense, Defense, and Special Teams (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Crusade in Europe Vol. 2:First Offense (reference)

• Out of Bounds Plays & Box Set Offense (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• First Offense (reference)

• First Offense [IMPORT] (reference)

• No Offense (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Vigilante 8 Second Offense (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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It is a serious offense against regulations, said the Captain.Credit: Library of Congress.

Penalty for possession of marijuana (first offense) / National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.Credit: Library of Congress.

The Offense against the Indo-Chinese continues --.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Earls and barons shall not be amerced except through their peers, and only in accordance with the degree of the offense. (reference)

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Children

Canada

Sexual exploitation of persons with disabilities in situations of dependency is a criminal offense. (references)

Netherlands

The age of consent is 16. Sexual intercourse with minors under age 12 always constitutes a criminal offense; in cases involving minors between the ages of 12 and 16, an interested party must file a complaint. (references)

Liechtenstein

In February a revision of the Penal Code entered into force that makes the possession of child pornographic material a statutory offense and extends the statute of limitation for sexual offenses against children. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yugoslavia

Libel remained a criminal offense. (references)

Gabon

Libel can be either a criminal offense or a civil matter. (references)

Canada

Inciting hatred (in certain cases) or genocide is a criminal offense. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Infringement is considered a criminal offense. (references)

Hungary

Taking bribes is a criminal offense, and media scrutiny is high. (references)

Tanzania

Giving or accepting a bribe is a criminal offense, which leads to imprisonment. (references)

Human Rights

Togo

He was neither charged nor tried for his supposed offense. (references)

Guyana

Bail is generally available, except in capital offense cases. (references)

Bahamas

The Road Traffic Department officer was charged for this offense. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

A royal decree in 1991 made forcible expulsion of a citizen a criminal offense. (references)

United Kingdom

Incitement to racial hatred is a criminal offense punishable by a maximum of 2 years' imprisonment. (references)

Czech Republic

Criminal charges were dropped against a skinhead charged with rioting for an attack he perpetrated with approximately 14 other skinheads on 5 Roma in a bar in Nachod in February 2000; his case was transferred to the local court for disposition as a misdemeanor offense. (references)

Political Economy

ARGENTINA

In 1998, the Argentine Congress enacted legislation making software piracy a criminal offense. (references)

Swaziland

On July 24, the King repealed the decree after the Government received strong condemnation from foreign governments and domestic and international groups; however, the King retained the nonbailable offense provision. (references)

Swaziland

Based upon the 1973 decree, the King has the authority to issue decrees that carry the force of law and exercised this authority most recently in June when he issued Decree No. 2. Decree No. 2 reasserted and strengthened his absolute authority, provided further restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, reinstated a nonbailable offense provision, and provided a mechanism to neutralize the powers of the judiciary and Parliament. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

The new law will give WEKO more power and allow sanctions as of the first offense. (references)

Travel

Moldova

It is considered an offense if a guest refuses food or beverage the first time it is offered. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

The import and unauthorized use of illicit drugs or firearms is a particularly serious offense. (references)

Women

Zambia

Domestic assault is a criminal offense. (references)

Nepal

The two men had been charged under the Public Offense Act. (references)

Palau

Although assault is a criminal offense, women are reluctant to prosecute their spouses. (references)

Worker Rights

Jordan

The fine is doubled if the offense is repeated. (references)

Spain

The 2000 Immigration law redefined trafficking as a criminal offense. (references)

Austria

Employers found guilty of this offense are required to reinstate workers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

His offense

Expressions using "offense": capital offense ♦ cause offense ♦ commit a criminal offense ♦ commit an offense ♦ criminal offense ♦ Divisible offense ♦ give offense ♦ lesser offense ♦ Major offense ♦ minor offense ♦ penal offense ♦ penitentiary offense ♦ regulatory offense ♦ sexual offense ♦ statutory offense ♦ subsequent offense ♦ take offense ♦ take offense at ♦ To take offense ♦ traffic offense ♦ weapons of offense. Additional references.

Arabic 

سيئة (sin), ‏أهان (abase oneself, affront, debase, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, flout, give offence, give offense, injure, insult, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slap, slight, take offence, take offense). (various references)

Bulgarian 

обида (affront, cut, dishonor, dishonour, hurt, indignity, injury, insult, offence, outrage, resentment, slight, slur, umbrage, wound, wrong), нарушение (aberration, breach, breaker, breaking, contravention, defection, dereliction, disturbance, entrenchment, fault, foul, infraction, infringement, malpractice, offence, perpetration, transgression, violation), нападение (aggression, assault, attack, foray, incursion, offence, onfall, onset, strike, thrust). (various references)

Chinese 

进攻 (Offence), 罪行 (crime). (various references)

Czech

urazit se (take offence, take offense, umbrage). (various references)

Dutch

strafbare handeling (felony, misdemeanour, punishable act), strafbaar feit (fact constituting an offence, felony, misdemeanour, offence, punishable act). (various references)

Esperanto

ofendiĝi (take offence, take offense). (various references)

Farsi 

یورش (Assault, Attack, Offensive, Onrush, Onslaught, Pash, Pounce, Raid, Rush, Sally, Sortie), هجوم (Influx, Inroad, Invasion, Onset, Throng), قانون شکنی , حمله (Access, Assault, Attack, Charge, Inroad, Offensive, Onrush, Onset, Onslaught, Rush, Sally, Spell, Venue), تقصیر (Crime, Delinquency, Error, Guilt, Rap), توهین (Insolence, Insult, Libel, Vituperation), تجاوز (Agression, Assault, Belligerency, Overrun, Transgression, Trepass), اهانت (Baffle, Contempt, Disdain, Disrespect, Impertinence, Insolence), رنجش (Acrimony, Annoyance, Bother, Grief, Irritation, Miff, Pique, Resentment, Umbrage, Vexation), دلخوری (Annoyance), بزه (Crime, Guilt, Misdeed, Misdemeanor, Sin). (various references)

Finnish

rikollinen teko (felony, misdemeanour). (various references)

French

infraction (offence), délit (offence), acte délictueux (criminal offence, offence, punishable offence). (various references)

German

delikt (crime, delict). (various references)

Hebrew 

להעליב (abash, affront, give offense, insult, miff, offend, slight), להעלב (take offence, take offense, take umbrage). (various references)

Hungarian

támadás (access, aggression, assault, attack, blitz, brunt, feint, flanker, inroad, invasion, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, push, raid, set to). (various references)

Indonesian

luka perasaan, delik. (various references)

Italian

reato (crime, offence), offesa (affront, attack, damage, insult, offence, umbrage), delitto (crime, delict, murder, offence). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

違犯行為 (violation), 罪科 (crime, guilt, punishment), 攻め手 (method of attack), 侮慢 (contempt, insult), 兇状 (crime), 凶状 (crime), 差し合い (hindrance), オクタン価 (enthusiast, fantasy object for masturbation, geek, honor, love affair with colleague, masturbation, nerd, Occam, ocean space explorer, Oceania, octane value, octet, odometer, of course, off, off the record, offence, offer, office, office automation, office computer, office girl, office lady, office wife, officer, official, official handicap, official record, off-season, offshore, offshore center, offshore fund, off-side, Ohio, Oklahoma, okra, OL, onanism, onion, onomatopoeia, onyx, opal, opinion, opinion leader, orchestra, Oscar, oscillograph, oscilloscope, Oslo, osmium, OSPER, ostracism, ostrich, ostrich policy, Othello, Ottawa, Oxford, oxtail, ozone, ozone hole, respectable person), 忌諱 (disliking, displeasure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ざいか (commodity, crime, fault, goods on hand, guilt, offence, property, punishment, stock), きい (disliking, displeasure, odd, position of aircraft, strange, wonderful, your request, your will, your wishes), きょうじょう (classroom, crime, dogma, tenet), きき (brilliance, crisis, damage, demolishing, destroying, disliking, displeasure, dreadful, effective, effectiveness, efficacy, ghastly, machinery and tools, the Kojiki and Nihonshoki, work), さしあい (hindrance), ぶまん (contempt, insult), せめて (method of attack), いはんこうい (violation), オフェンス (offence). (various references)

Korean 

위반 (infringement, Offence, Violating, Violation). (various references)

Pig Latin

offenseay

Portuguese

ofensores, ofensa (delict, dishonor, dishonour, grievance, harm, injury, insult, mischief, offence, outrage, peccant, peeve, transgression, trespass, umbrage, wound, wrong), violação (abuse, breach, defilement, foul, infrangible, infundibular, offence, rape, ravishment, transgression, trespass, violation), transgressão (breach, breaking, contravention, infraction, infringement, offence, transgression, trespass, violation, wrongdoing), delito (crime, delict, delinquency, fault, guilt, guiltily, malt, misdeem, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, misdoing, offence, transgression), culpa (blame, fault, frame, guilt, malpractice, offence), crime (crime, delict, foul up, guilt, initial, misdeed, misdoing, monkey bread, offence, perpetrator, wrongdoing), acto ilícito (felony, misdemeanour), acto delituoso (felony, misdemeanour). (various references)

Romanian

se supãra (make a long nose, mind, sulk, take offense at, take pet at smth., take smth. in bad part), infracţiune penalã (penal offense). (various references)

Russian 

оскорбление (abuse, affront, contumely, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, opprobrium, outrage, wound), обида (a smack in the eye /in the face/, grievance, hurt, injury, offence, pique, umbrage, wound), нарушение (contravention, defection, dereliction, dislocation, disruption, disturbance, entrenchment, infraction, infringement, lesion, offence, subversion, transgression, violation), нападение (aggression, assailing, assault, attack, hatchet job, offence, onfall, onset, onslaught), проступок (delinquency, fault, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, shortcoming, sin), преступление (capital crime, crime, criminal offence, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, perpetration, wrongdoing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uvreda (affront, assault, contumely, dudgeon, grievance, hurt, indignity, insult, knock, offence, outrage, pique, umbrage, wound), prekršaj (breach, delict, foul, infraction, infringement, malfeasance, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation), navala (assault, attack, influx, inrush, run, rush, throng), napad (aggression, assault, attack, attempt, bout, broadside, offence, offensive, onfall, push, strike, thrust, touch). (various references)

Spanish

ofensa (abuse, affront, insult, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, trespass), transgresión (offence, transgression), pecado (defect, offence, sin, sinfulness, trespass), infracción de la ley (offence), delito (crime, delinquencies, felony, go by, malfeasance, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, pass), crimen (crime, delinquency, felony, malfeasance, misdeed, offence). (various references)

Swedish

skymf (affront, contumely, indignity, insult, libel, offence, opprobrium, outrage), kränkning (indignity, infraction, infringement, injury, offence, outrage, violation), förseelse (delinquency, error, lapse, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, tort, wrongdoing), förolämpning (abuse, affront, insult, libel, offence, snub), förnärmelse (abuse, insult, offence), delikt (felony, misdemeanour), brottslig gärning (felony, misdemeanour), brott (breach, breaking, crime, fracture, leak, offence, rupture, violation), anstöt (indignation, offence, scandal, umbrage), angrepp (access, aggression, assault, attack, charge, offence, onfall, onset, swoop, thrust), anfall (access, aggression, assault, attack, attacks, bout, charge, fit, offence, offensive, onfall, onset, outburst, rush, seizure, set, spasm, thrust), överträdelse (contravention, infraction, infringement, offence, trespassing, violation). (various references)

Turkish

tecâvüz (aggression, an outrage upon decency, assault, breaking in, desecration, encroachment, incursion, infraction, infringement, inroad, intrusion, invasion, offence, outrage, rape, trespass, violence), suç (blame, caper, crime, criminality, culpability, delict, delinquency, error, fault, felony, guilt, irregularity, job, misdeed, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, rap, sin, transgression, wrong), saldırı (aggression, assault, attack, charge, dash, invasion, offence, offensive, onset, onslaught, on-slaught, pounce, raid, scrimmage, scrum, scrummage, thrust), kâlbini kırma (breaking one's heart, offence), kırılma (break, breakage, breaking, fracture, offence, refracting, refraction, refractive, rupture, smash, split), gücenme (displeasure, huff, offence, resentment, tiff, umbrage, vexation). (various references)

Turkmen 

kine (insult), etmiю. (various references)

Ukranian 

сумнів (challenge, demur, doubt, dubiety, hesitance, hesitancy, impeachment, misdoubt, offence, qualm, query, question, scruple), кривда (affront, offence), камінь спотикання (offence), образа (abuse, affront, contumely, dishonor, dishonour, dudgeon, grievance, grouch, indignity, injury, insult, obloquy, offence, opprobrium, outrage, resentment, snub, umbrage, wound), невіра (disbelief, infidelity, offence, unbelief), наступ (advance, attack, offence, offensive, push), напад (assault, attack, foray, hijacking, hold up, insult, offence, onfall, onrush, onset, onslaught), зневіра (offence), злочин (crime, misdeed, offence, perpetration, wickedness), проступок (offence), провина (blame, defalcation, delinquency, error, misbehavior, misbehaviour, misconduct, offence, peccancy, shortcoming, sin, transgression, wickedness, wrong doing), правопорушення (delict, delinquency, misfeasance, offence, transgression, trespass, wrong, wrong doing), порушення закону (non-observance, offence), дисциплінарний проступок (offence). (various references)

in. (various references)

crimen, crimine, criminis, culpa, culpae, culpam, fraude, fraudem, fraudes, iniuria, iniuriae, iniuriam, iniurias, iniuriis, noxa, odium, offensa, offensus, vitium. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "offense": offenseless, offenses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Offense" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: offen, offenced, offenee, offens, offensa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: effs, eons, fees, fens, foes, fons, noes, nose, offs, ones, seen, sene, sone.

-4 letters: eff, efs, ens, eon, fee, fen, foe, fon, nee, nos, oes, off, one, ons, ose, see, sen, son.

-5 letters: ef, en, es, ne, no, oe, of, on, os, so.

+1 letter: enfeoffs, offences, offenses.

+2 letters: forefends, offenders, offensive, offscreen.

+3 letters: feoffments, offensives.

+4 letters: forefingers, inoffensive, offenseless, offensively.

+5 letters: buffooneries, coefficients, efflorescent, efflorescing, effronteries, enfeoffments, forcefulness, offishnesses.

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