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criminal offences

criminal offences is the plural of criminal offence.

Meaning of criminal offence

Noun

criminal offence (plural criminal offences)

  1. (UK) A crime.
    • Wearing a face covering also remains a requirement on all Transport for London services, where it has become a Condition of Carriage. This means that while non-compliance is no longer a criminal offence and punishable with a fine, passengers can still be asked to leave or prevented from boarding.2022 February 9, “Network News: Regulations on face coverings risk leaving passengers confused”, in RAIL, number 950, page 6

Questions about criminal offences

What is criminal offences the plural of?
Criminal offences is the plural of criminal offence.

Words near criminal offences in the dictionary

  1. criminal lawyers
  2. criminal negligence
  3. criminal negligences
  4. Criminal News Network
  5. criminal offence
  6. criminal offences
  7. criminal offense
  8. criminal offenses
  9. criminal procedure
  10. criminal procedures
  11. criminal prosecution

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Adapted from Wiktionary: criminal offences (page history and authors); criminal offence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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