Sentence examples for common offense from inspiring English sources

Abusing you seems to be a pretty common offense around here".

Kolya had been in for drug possession, a so-called "public article" (a very common offense).

In an effort to remain connected to the social media world that was so much a part of his electoral victory, the Obama administration may be guilty of a very contemporary common offense: Oversharing.

Civil rights lawyers say summonses for public drinking — the most common offense — are often handed out in these neighborhoods, where police officers routinely demand to smell people's juice containers or coffee cups.

But, as already observed, not only may the same act be a common offense to both governments, but the disclosures compulsively made in one proceeding may give clues and hints which may be subsequently used against the witness in another, to the loss of his liberty and property.

The annual report of 1878 noted that "the appetite for strong drink is the chief cause of the misfortunes" of its inmates, and admission records in these years indicate that around four in five were "intemperate," the most common offense for which they were arrested.

And the most common offenses that led to arrests involved drugs.

The two most common offenses have been riding on the sidewalk and not using the bicycle lane.

The police plan to use the method for major crimes like rape and murder as well as more common offenses, like burglary.

The Tripoli police officers dealing with traffic and common offenses once numbered around 4,000, but many of them simply left their jobs, and the former senior leadership has been fired.

At the 850-bed 30th Street shelter and two other shelters covered in the report -- the Atlantic Men's Shelter in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Women's Shelter in East New York -- the most common offenses were violations like disorderly conduct and harassment, for which offenders typically received an appearance ticket.