criminal offence

noun

A crime.

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Meanings

nouncriminal offence (plural criminal offences)

plural criminal offences

  1. UKA crime.

    Wearing a face covering also remains a requirement on all Transport for London services, where it has become a Condition of Carriage. This means that while non-compliance is no longer a criminal offence and punishable with a fine, passengers can still be asked to leave or prevented from boarding.

    2022 February 9, “Network News: Regulations on face coverings risk leaving passengers confused”, in RAIL, number 950, page 6

    Synonyms: criminality, unlawfulness, crime, criminality, delinquency, malefaction, perpetration, unlaw

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA crime.

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criminalityunlawfulnesscrimecriminalitydelinquencymalefactionperpetrationunlawunlawfulness

More synonyms by meaning

noun(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Similar
crimecriminal offenselaw-breaking
Broader
offenseoffence
Also see
crimecriminalitycriminal offensedelinquencymalefactionperpetrationunlawunlawfulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

criminal offence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20offence

MLA

“criminal offence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20offence. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “criminal offence,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criminal%20offence.

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