offense

Example Sentences

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"Lying under oath is a serious federal offense."

From Barron's

“Lying under oath is a serious federal offense,” Lyons said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Regular true crime viewers and listeners seek familiar patterns of wrongdoing, often trying to outpace an episode’s narrator in concluding that a case’s central offense was spurred by passion or greed.

From Salon

Still, the Hoosiers managed, for the most part, to match the Trojans on offense.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the reservists and a civilian were indicted on a charge of committing serious security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice, Shin Bet said, without naming the people who were arrested.

From The Wall Street Journal