offence BrE
offense AmE **

On a third offence, both of them would be brought in together.

He thus gave some offence to the high church party.

Some of these terms are no longer in general use and can sometimes cause offence.

But really how many people want to watch a game with no offence.

The police do not need to know that such an offence is involved.

Running away from them was likely to be a capital offence.

He had come close to giving offence to his friend.

But my sense seems always to give you cause for offence.

Being late for class is the least part of your offences.

For the state of the law today, see the Offences section above.

The working party's report on political offences was being considered in late May.

Over the years, it became the standard public order offence.

Instead he thought of another offence the man was responsible for.

Why should they take offence at what he means anyway?

She says this is also an offence in English law.

No offence, you know, but people have been talking in the village.

However, he then seems to take offence at something written on the list.

The number of sexual offences was 0.9, in line with the national average.

In fact, it makes all individual effort an offence against the state.

Although two of the officers did so, the department has taken offence.

He came before the council of state again in 1653 for a similar offence.

They were also able to charge some 30 men with various offences.

Your words are an offence in the sight of God.

It is an offence against the god of the forest.

The offence has been committed over a period of many years.

When we start the game, I want the offense to look at him.

The offense is going up against a very good defense.

But I believe our offense would have to stop itself.

The best defense might very well be a good offense.

My offense has been with me all through the year.

And then we got them to get out of their offense.

He said the offense is going to get much better.

We're going to run a lot of the offense through him.

They probably use less set offense than any team in the country.

The defense will play better and we'll have problems with the offense.

And, as the old saying goes, the best offense is a good defense.

She was also 16 at the time of the offense.

Our law says too much technology is an offense to the God.

For if you are, I cannot help but take offense.

The best defense was a good offense, or so she'd always heard.

The boy did not take offense, as he was used to his life.

People have been talking about our offense for a long time.

You can give up more and still control what their offense does.

You get to go against the No. 1 offense in the nation every day.

But the new offense has often looked like last year's.

No right to take offense at the way they held each other.

Instead, she started for the door, thinking the best defense was offense.

You do not have to bring up every little offense.

For three years he started both on offense and defense.

What did they do to you at the medical school for such an offense?