criminal offence
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collocation
Typemultiword
Subtypecollocation
Structureadjective + masculine noun
UsageRefers to an act that is a criminal offence under law.
Exemples
It is a criminal offence.
The police are handling a criminal offence.
Not every problem is a criminal offence.
It was a serious criminal offence.
We reported a criminal offence.