offence

offence
noun
1) ((any cause of) anger, displeasure, hurt feelings etc: That rubbish dump is an offence to the eye.) forargelse, krenkelse
2) (a crime: The police charged him with several offences.) forseelse, lovovertredelse
krenkelse
subst. \/əˈfens\/ eller offense
1) (jus) forseelse, rettsbrudd, rettskrenkelse, straffbar handling, lovovertredelse, forbrytelse
• it is an offence to
det er straffbart å
2) (overført) brudd, synd
3) forargelse, harme, vrede, sinne
4) fornærmelse, krenkelse
5) (militærvesen) angrep, offensiv
6) (sport) angrep
7) (bibelsk) forargelse
catch in the offence gripe på fersk gjerning
commit an offence (jus) bryte loven
criminal offence (jus) forbrytelse
give\/cause offence (to) vekke anstøt (hos), støte, vekke forargelse (hos)
• his speech gave general offence
talen hans vekket allmenn forargelse
no offence (was meant)! det var ikke ille ment! , ta det ikke ille opp!
offence against property (jus) forbrytelse mot formuesrettigheter, vinningsforbrytelse
offences against public order (jus) forbrytelser mot den alminnelige ro og orden
an offence against the law (jus) et lovbrudd, en lovovertredelse
offence against the person (jus) forbrytelse mot person, legemsbeskadigelse, legemsfornærmelse
offences against the state (jus) forbrytelser mot statens sikkerhet
posture of offence angrepsstilling
punishable offence (jus) straffbar handling
take offence ta ille opp
• he's quick to take offence
han er svært nærtagende
take offence at ta anstøt av, finne noe støtende, bli fornærmet over
war of offence angrepskrig (det at en stat går til væpnet angrep på en annen stat)
weapons of offence angrepsvåpen

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  • Offence — Of*fence , n. See {Offense}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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