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status offense

status offense noun: an action that is prohibited to a certain class of people, such as consumption of alcohol by minors, or mixed-race marriages under apartheid.

Noun

status offense (plural status offenses)

  1. An action that is prohibited to a certain class of people, such as consumption of alcohol by minors, or mixed-race marriages under apartheid.

Forms of status offense

pluralstatus offenses

Questions about status offense

What does status offense mean?
Status offense means an action that is prohibited to a certain class of people, such as consumption of alcohol by minors, or mixed-race marriages under apartheid.
What part of speech is status offense?
Status offense is a noun.
What is the plural of status offense?
The plural of status offense is status offenses.

Words near status offense in the dictionary

  1. status line
  2. status lines
  3. status mixtus
  4. status offender
  5. status offenders
  6. status offense
  7. status offenses
  8. status quo
  9. status quo ante
  10. status quo ante bellum
  11. status quo antes

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