criminal offense

Noun criminal offense has 1 sense

• criminal offense(n = noun.act) crime, criminal offence, law-breaking, offence, offense - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
is a kind of evildoing, transgression
has particulars: barratry, capital offense, cybercrime, felony, forgery, fraud, had crime, highjack, hijack, mayhem, infraction, infringement, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, violation, commission, committal, perpetration, attack, attempt, tazir crime, regulatory offence, regulatory offense, statutory offence, statutory offense, thuggery, high treason, lese majesty, treason, vice crime, victimless crime, war crime