'offences' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It is generally used to refer to a violation of a law or rule. It can also be used to describe an immoral or unacceptable act. Example: The man was arrested for committing multiple offenses, including theft and trespassing. Another example: The company faced legal consequences for their offense of violating environmental regulations.
Kent police said they had been looking into reports of "disturbances" at a number of polling stations but that their initial inquiries suggested no offences had taken place.
Since we allowed this, over 14,000 offences have been successfully matched to over 8,000 suspects including over 100 murders and 100 rapes - and as far as I am aware, no one is on the database for dropping litter!
We have women who are killed by their husbands but we don't have any legitimate terror offences... "Yet the amount of money put into negative policing and punitive measures has really soured relations between Muslim community and ramped up the sense of fear and isolation in the community".
After a bruising cabinet discussion on the citizenship issue was leaked to the media, the Abbott government is still considering stripping sole citizens suspected of terrorist offences if they can potentially access citizenship elsewhere.
A spokesperson from Ukip said that the offences Mote had been found guilty of on Friday dated from after he had been expelled from the party and they welcomed the verdict.
It could only be used in dealing with commonwealth terrorism offences with a maximum penalty of at least seven years in jail.
The government said the measure would be used in limited operational situations but it was "critical to enable covert investigation of terrorism offences".
"It is positive in the sense that it is an entirely new initiative, but is it going to do anything?" The modern slavery bill brings together current offences on trafficking and slavery, introduces tougher sentences for traffickers, and creates an independent anti-slavery commissioner, likely to be a former police officer.
Introduces on-the-spot fixed penalties for a range of minor offences, including being drunk and disorderly.
The Association of Chief Police Officers claims that in the four years after the act became law in May 2001, the DNA samples of 8,500 people who were not convicted of an offence were later linked to 14,000 offences, including 114 murders and 116 rapes.
Makes curb-crawling, "hit and runs" and the importation of indecent and obscene material arrestable offences.
