Offence

Definition

offence ( US offense ) /ǝ'fens / n ၁။ [C] ~ ( against sth ) ျပစ္မႈ။ commit an offence ❍ an offence against society/humanity/the state ❍ a capital offence (ie one that may be punished by death) ❍ sexual offences ❍ be charged with a serious offence ❍ Because it was his first offence (ie the first crime of which he was found guilty), the punishment was not too severe. ၂။ [U] ~ (to sb/sth) ေဗြယူစရာ။ စိတ္ဆိုးစရာ။ I'm sorry—I meant no offence when I said that. ❍ I'm sure he didn't mean to cause offence (to you). ❍ She took offence at (ie was offended by) something I said. ❍ There's no need to take offence. ၃။ [ C ] ~ (to sb/sth) ( fml ) မ်က္စိစပါးေမြး စူးစရာ၊ နားကေလာစရာ စသည့္ စိတ္အေႏွာင့္အယွက္ ျဖစ္ဖြယ္ရာ။ The new shopping centre is an offence to the eye (ie is unpleasant to look at). ❏ no offence [ IDM ] (စိတ္မရိွပါႏွင့္ဟူေသာ သေဘာျဖင့္ သံုးသည့္စကား)။ No offence, madam, but you'll have to move your car.

Examples

1. Motoring/firearms/public order offences
2. [criminal offence] : Killing these animals is a criminal offence.
3. [minor offence] : Minor offences such as vandalism
4. [commit an offence] : She had committed no offence under military law.
5. [convict someone of an offence] : Walker was convicted of a similar offence in 1997.
6. [first/second etc offence] : The usual fine is £15 to £100 for a first offence.
7. [be charged with an offence] : Those arrested have been charged with public order offences.
8. [cause/give offence] : Complaints about advertisements that cause offence
9. [offence to] : A building that is an offence to good taste
10. Weapons of offence