The poet's offenceful remarks, though common in his era, now shock modern readers.

Reporting an offence promptly can help the police catch the culprit.

The committee reviewed the offences listed in the report and recommended stricter penalties.

The editor explained that the word offencive in the letter was an obsolete spelling of offensive, not a modern insult.

He spoke offencively during the meeting, choosing phrases that many considered insulting.

In that jurisdiction, murder was considered a capital offence until the law was reformed.

After reviewing the evidence, the prosecutor classified the three incidents as capital offences.

The prosecutor decided to treat the hybrid offence as an indictable matter to seek a harsher sentence.

Lawyers often debate how to sentence hybrid offences that can be prosecuted either summarily or by indictment.

The court carefully reviewed the evidence for several hanging offences before delivering its verdict.