an offence for which there is punishment by law
offense against the law
Cases of word usage
1) to help or encourage a person in vice, crime (abet)
2) a person joint with others in work, business or crime (associate)
3) having two wives or husbands living (a crime among Christians) (bigamy)
4) (an instance of) the crime of breaking into a house by night to steal (burglary)
5) to perform (a crime etc) (commit)
6) a person convicted of crime and being punished (convict)
7) (an instance of) convicting a person for a crime (conviction)
8) of a crime (criminal)
9) a police officer whose job is to investigate a crime (detective)
10) to send a person (from the country where he or she is living) to the police in a country where he or she is said to have committed a crime (extradite)
