What is "offenses"

Usage examples of "offenses".

Weaver designed his offenses to maximize the chances of a three-run homer.

He was like some tragic figure in Greek mythology whose offenses against the gods had caused them to design for him this exquisite torture: you must desperately need to see what you cannot bear to see.

I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself.

It was natural that this should be so, when they had been excluded from this privilege by pains and penalties, when in some States it was one of the gravest offenses to teach a negro to read and write.

When I say that every State prison is to be a reformatory, I except, of course, from its operation, those sentenced for life for murder, or other capital offenses, and those who have proved themselves incorrigible by repeated violations of their parole.

But your point, I assume, is that the military gives different priorities to some offenses than do civilian courts.

You have the right to remain silent concerning the offenses with which you are charged.