offending

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In a statement, police said it took "all reports of sexual offending seriously and will work to identify any reasonable lines of inquiry".

From BBC • May 19, 2026

"The law applies wherever the offending takes place and, on their return, these two defendants were rightly held to account."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"The facts concerning Mr Tarrant's offending are beyond dispute. He has not identified any arguable defence, or indeed any defence known to the law."

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

ABC late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel explained his controversial joke about First Lady Melania Trump, but declined to apologize for offending her.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Goebbels himself—a failed novelist and playwright earlier in life—had taken to reviewing the scripts of nearly all films personally, using a green pencil to strike out or rewrite offending lines or scenes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown