commit offence

Frequency: 7.510.5 per million words

to do something that is against the law

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Examples (10)

  • He was found guilty of committing a serious offence.
  • The new legislation defines what it means to commit a digital offence.
  • If you commit an offence like this again, you will face a harsher penalty.
  • She denied that she had committed any offence.
  • A person under the age of 10 cannot be charged with committing a criminal offence.
  • The corporation was fined for committing multiple environmental offences.
  • What are the consequences if a foreign diplomat commits an offence?
  • It is a grave mistake to think you can commit an offence and not get caught.
  • The police have evidence that he was at the scene when the offence was committed.
  • The court needs to determine whether an offence was actually committed.