offence in French: délit, attaque

offence

English → French

/əˈfens/

noun

(= crime) délit masculine, (= military attack) attaque feminine

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Inflected forms (2)

offences, offenses

capital offencecompoundcapital offence → crime capital in capital
criminal offencecompoundcriminal offence → délit in criminal
legal offencecompoundlegal offence → infraction à la loi in legal
parking offencecompoundparking offence → infraction aux règles de stationnement in parking
traffic offencecompoundtraffic offence → infraction au code de la route in traffic
fautetranslationoffence
infractiontranslationoffence
formalisertranslationto take offence
froissertranslationto take offence
offensertranslationto take offence
offusquertranslationto take offence
outrage aux bonnes mœurstranslationoutrage aux bonnes mœurs → offence against public decency in outrage

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minorexampleminor offence → délit mineur
délitexampledélit sexuel → sexual offence
indictableexamplean indictable offence → une infraction grave
vouloirexamplesans vouloir vous vexer → no offence meant
atteintexampleatteinte à la sûreté de l'État → offence against national security
coupexampletomber sous le coup de la loi → to be a statutory offence
loiexampletomber sous le coup de la loi → to be a criminal offence
partexampleprendre quelque chose en mauvaise part → to take offence at something
slightexamplehe takes offence at the slightest thing → il se vexe pour un rien
imprescriptibleexamplece délit est imprescriptible → this offence is one to which the statute of limitations does not apply
rigueurexampleun délit, à la rigueur, mais un crime non : le mot est trop fort → an offence possibly, but not a crime – that's too strong a word