Synonyms for criminal offense
crim·i·nal offense

Princeton's WordNet

1. crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breakingnoun

   (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

   "a long record of crimes"

Matched Categories

1. • Criminal Law
   • Offense

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1. Danny Cevallos:

   Typically in criminal law, motive is not an element of a criminal offense, however, motive can be evidence of your intent (to commit a crime). Why you did something can tell us about what you meant to do when it happened. Hate crimes require that (an intent to commit crime) be motivated by some animus, some hatred of other people.

2. Billy West:

   I’m from the home of college basketball and I’m very passionate, but there is a line that doesn’t need to be crossed, we’re not looking to try to prosecute the passionate fan that is there rooting for their team. But when it crosses the line and becomes a criminal offense, that changes the dynamic ... so to be able to put the NBA in contact with the right people in each jurisdiction, I think is very important and you need that groundwork done before an incident happens.

3. Nyasha Marange:

   Our leaders have been preaching against that, we excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

4. Nyasha Marange:

   We excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

5. E.W. Dijkstra:

   The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be reguarded as a criminal offense.