variants
or offences
1
as in crimes
a breaking of a moral or legal code
wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity
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as in assaults
the act or action of setting upon with force or violence
combat casualties grew enormously as the weapons of offense became far more technologically advanced than defensive armor
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as in outrages
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
a diplomat never deliberately gives offense
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as in resentments
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
my mother was prone to take offense even at the most innocent remark
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Recent Examples of offenses
Both offenses, however, got off to somewhat slow starts.
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Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Court records cited in the FBI affidavit show that Avalos, who was born in 1995, has a history of violent offenses in both Minnesota and Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Arrests were made for offenses including obstruction of the highway, hindering law enforcement duties, and assault on police.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Banegas was charged with a slew of offenses, including first-degree murder, burglary and battery on a law enforcement officer.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Out of the more than 30 people charged by federal prosecutors for illicit-gaming offenses, just three are associated with the NBA, and most of the evidence has nothing to do with basketball games.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
The Jets are known as one of worst (if not the worst) offenses in the league, but the defense had to deliver, regardless of the opponent’s dreary demeanor.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
According to the agency's own data, almost half of those detainees have no criminal record -- their violations are limited to immigration offenses.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Both offenses struggled throughout the day, with the lone touchdown coming late in the second quarter when Carolina quarterback Bryce Young found receiver Xavier Legette in the end zone with a three-yard pass.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Court records cited in the FBI affidavit show that Avalos, who was born in 1995, has a history of violent offenses in both Minnesota and Florida.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Arrests were made for offenses including obstruction of the highway, hindering law enforcement duties, and assault on police.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2025
Banegas was charged with a slew of offenses, including first-degree murder, burglary and battery on a law enforcement officer.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Out of the more than 30 people charged by federal prosecutors for illicit-gaming offenses, just three are associated with the NBA, and most of the evidence has nothing to do with basketball games.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
The Jets are known as one of worst (if not the worst) offenses in the league, but the defense had to deliver, regardless of the opponent’s dreary demeanor.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2025
According to the agency's own data, almost half of those detainees have no criminal record -- their violations are limited to immigration offenses.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
Both offenses struggled throughout the day, with the lone touchdown coming late in the second quarter when Carolina quarterback Bryce Young found receiver Xavier Legette in the end zone with a three-yard pass.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offenses
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Nelson, author of 2021’s Boys Enter the House, talked to the friends and family of the victims, as well as some who’d survived Gacy’s crimes, going even deeper on the victims’ stories.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Today, much of the building sits empty in north Charlotte, and local teenagers charged with crimes are sent to a state juvenile facility in Cabarrus County.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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Ising’s case is among a series of incidents The Star has reported on in recent months in which fire department employees charged with serious crimes — including assaults, a felony drug case and multiple DWIs — were allowed to remain on the job, some for years.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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Vril and Agartha have thrived in part because of the way the editors mix brainrot and bigotry, disguising their ideological assaults in the fried fog of GifTok rap gibberish.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
24 Oct. 2025
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Women and children of the city are living in a state of terror, fearing that the fiend, if uncaught, will commit other outrages in this city.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Such outrages have taken place even in New York City.—
Ofir Akunis,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Musk’s fingerprints abound across the sections of Grokipedia that address subjects of his own resentments.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Oct. 2025
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Left in its wake are rising societal resentments and an ever-increasing wealth gap.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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Financiers organized press offensives and enlisted top reporters as allies, offering lucrative jobs or outright bribes.—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Long Walk is unsparing in its depiction of violence, as well as the other indignities the boys face along the way.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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Often, one of the pair is more offensive or box-to-box in their profile, with the other being more of a traditional, defensive-minded midfielder whose strengths are to break up opposition attacks.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The insults came after Duffy made a series of public appearances to proclaim NASA's intention of reopening a contract with SpaceX for a moon lander for its upcoming Artemis III mission.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Carter was sitting in her chair, listening to a lesson, when Octavius Johnson, a classmate who had a crush on her, started to fire off insults.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Offenses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offenses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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