"criminal offence" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: criminal offences [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} criminal offence (plural criminal offences)
  1. (British spelling) A crime. Wikipedia link: criminal offence Tags: UK Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: civil violation

Inflected forms

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