offence

of·fence  (-fns)

n. Chiefly British

Variant of offense.

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offence or US offense

Noun

1. a breaking of a law or rule; crime

2. annoyance or anger

3. a cause of annoyance or anger

4. give offence to cause to feel upset or angry

5. take offence to feel hurt or offended

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	offence - the action of attacking an enemy offensive, offense military 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 force dirty 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 score offense team, 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, offense anger, 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 others offense, offensive activity, discourtesy behavior, conduct, doings, behaviour - manner of acting or controlling yourself derision, ridicule - the act of deriding or treating with contempt indelicacy - an impolite act or expression insolence - an offensive disrespectful impudent act affront, 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, offense evildoing, 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 quarrels capital offense - a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate cybercrime - 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 programs felony - a serious crime (such as murder or arson) forgery - criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud fraud - intentional deception resulting in injury to another person Had 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 destination mayhem - the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person infraction, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, infringement - a crime less serious than a felony perpetration, committal, commission - the act of committing a crime attempt, 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 law thuggery - violent or brutal acts as of thugs high treason, lese majesty, treason - a crime that undermines the offender's government vice crime - a vice that is illegal victimless 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 war criminal law - the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment abduct, 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 intimidation blackmail - obtain through threats scalp - sell illegally, as on the black market bootleg - sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol; "They were bootlegging whiskey" black market, run - deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor fob off, foist off, palm off - sell as genuine, sell with the intention to deceive push - 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 market pyramid - use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal ransom, redeem - exchange or buy back for money; under threat traffic - deal illegally; "traffic drugs" rustle, lift - take illegally; "rustle cattle" shoplift - steal in a store stick up, hold up - rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat mug - rob at gunpoint or with the threat of violence; "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night"

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offence U.S. offense

noun 1. crime, wrong, sin, lapse, fault, violation, wrongdoing, trespass, felony, misdemeanour, delinquency, misdeed, transgression, peccadillo, unlawful act, breach of conduct

noun 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

noun 3. insult, injury, slight, hurt, harm, outrage, put-down (slang) injustice, snub, affront, indignity, displeasure, rudeness, slap in the face (informal) insolence 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

Translations

offence, offense (US) [əˈfɛns] n (= crime) → delito (= insult); ofensa;

to take offence at → ofenderse por;

to commit an offence → cometer un delito

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offence (US), offense [əˈfɛns] n (= crime) → délit m, infraction f;

to give offence to → blesser, offenser;

to take offence at → se vexer de, s'offenser de;

to commit an offence → commettre une infraction

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offence (US) offense [əˈfɛns] n (= crime) → Vergehen nt (= insult); Beleidigung f, Kränkung f;

to commit an offence → eine Straftat begehen;

to take offence (at) → Anstoß nehmen (an +dat);

to give offence (to) → Anstoß erregen (bei);

"no offence" → "nichts für ungut"

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offence (US), offense [əˈfɛns] n (LAW) → contravvenzione f: (more serious) → reato;

to give offence to → offendere;

to take offence at → offendersi per;

to commit an offence → commettere un reato