Antonym: defence. Similar words: fence, sit on the fence, difference, indifference, make a difference, offend, offense, stiffen. Meaning: [ə'fens] n. 1. the action of attacking an enemy 2. the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score 3. a feeling of anger caused by being offended 4. a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others 5. a crime less serious than a felony.
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(181) It is an offence to demolish or to alter a listed building unless listed building consent has been obtained.
(182) In singling out gay men, the offence bears the hallmarks of homophobic prejudice, and belongs to the less tolerant era.
(183) The distinction between the intermediate and the aggravated offence has also given rise to adverse comment.
(184) He was cautioned after his first offence when he was 13.
(185) All of the existing types of offence were reduced to three categories, classified by the method of trial.
(186) He warned Evans that they were both guilty of a criminal offence, and advised him to leave London.
(187) The public order essence of the offence has been wholly lost, and affray has become a form of aggravated assault.
(188) A remark that is considered humorous in one culture can cause great offence in another.
(189) Whereas the offence under section 1 is a summary offence, a charge under section 2 is an either way offence.
(190) But the magistrates chairman said the offence was so serious, they may have to send both men to jail.
(191) It became an offence for anyone in charge of children to allow them to bet in public places or to enter brothels.
(192) Further detention can only be authorised in the case of a person who is suspected of having committed a serious arrestable offence.
(193) On third Reading, he moved a second amendment to make racially discriminatory behaviour by the police a specific disciplinary offence.
(194) Middlesbrough fans feared the worst when central defender Nicky Mohan was sent off for a second bookable offence.
(195) Nor is the offence under section 5 expressed to be committed by the distribution of offensive matter, as opposed to its display.
(196) For example, they can not impose a custodial sentence that is longer than six months in respect of a single offence.
(197) Where reductivism is forward-looking, retributivism looks backwards in time, to the offence.
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(198) Failure by a trader to comply with a prohibition notice or notice to warn is a criminal offence.
(199) Note the offence of making a bomb hoax call etc. under section 51 Criminal Law Act 1977.
(200) The boy, from Witham, Essex, is too young to be charged with a criminal offence.
(201) It was held by the Divisional Court that his appeal against conviction of the obstruction offence must be allowed.
(202) And cut-throat rivalry, especially after the market is deregulated in 1994, would indeed cause offence.
(203) Publication to a single person is, impliedly, insufficient to constitute the offence.
(204) Dismissal following automatically if a third serious offence was committed.
(205) The prosecution does not have to show that the weapon of offence was intended to be used during the burglary.
(206) We might also note that what constitutes an offence in legal terms also changes over time.
(207) It's now proposing to make it a criminal offence to park a caravan on land without consent.
(208) They may prefer to say nothing because to raise an objection may cause offence or may prolong the sales interaction.
(209) It's not a criminal offence, is it, sending information to the police?
(210) Also, falsely describing goods can amount to a criminal offence under the Trades Description Act 1968.
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