Criminal offense

/kɹˈɪmɪnəl əfˈɛns/

Criminal offense

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

synonyms : crime

Examples

1. Two thirds of ERO's arrests are for non criminal offenses or victim-less crimes.

2. These illegal aliens were arrested nearly 1.7 million times for close to three million criminal offenses.

3. Otherwise, we would be all committing criminal offenses.

4. Domestic violence, we know is a very serious issue in some cases a criminal offense.