Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 5 compound words that contain offense. The most common are listed below. Open offense in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- criminal offense(This entry is a translation hub.)
- take offenseTo feel (and usually to show) resentment at another's actions or words.
- capital offenseA crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment.
- hanging offenseAlternative spelling of hanging offence: A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.
- status offenseAn action that is prohibited to a certain class of people, such as consumption of alcohol by minors, or mixed-race marriages under apartheid.
- lesser included offenseA crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant.
- shotgun offenseAn offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.
- West Coast offenseAn offense that places a greater emphasis on passing than on running.
- hurry-up offenseAn offensive style in which the offensive team avoids delays between plays, sometimes also avoiding or shortening the huddle to limit or disrupt defensive strategies and flexibility.
- primary offenseThe most serious offence of a group of offenses that a person committed at the same time, or is charged with committing at the same time.
- taken offensepast participle of take offense: To feel (and usually to show) resentment at another's actions or words.
- takes offensethird-person singular simple present indicative of take offense: To feel (and usually to show) resentment at another's actions or words.
- taking offensepresent participle and gerund of take offense
- took offensesimple past of take offense
- Daffy Duck offenseAn unconventional offensive formation in which some linemen are positioned in the middle and the rest at one side of the field, and which often involves trick plays.
- the best defense is a good offenseSynonym of attack is the best form of defence: In a battle or dispute, attacking the opposition first is better than waiting for them to attack.
Compound words 5
- offensibleThat may give offense; offensive.
- offensensitivityInappropriately high sensitivity to perceived offense.
- cyberoffenseA criminal offense committed by means of the Internet or in cyberspace.
- offenselessUnoffending; innocent; inoffensive; harmless.
- offensefuloffensive; displeasing.