"offense" is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as either a noun or a verb. For example, you can say "I committed an offense when I neglected to pay my taxes" or "The team scored an offensive touchdown on their first possession."
Pinker calls this offense "a schoolteacher rule" that is "a product of the usual three confusions: English with Latin, informal style with incorrect grammar, and syntax with semantics".
But going on pro-choice offense also forces those who identify as pro-choice to stop equivocating about the morality of abortion and take a more hardline approach to our rights.
Hate crimes are not considered by the FBI to be "a distinct federal offense", but federal agencies frequently get involved when murder cases involve religion, race, disability and sexual orientation.
"When two people have a relationship and there is a grudge or jealousy or betrayal," says Jack Levin, professor of sociology and criminology at Northeastern University, "then the court is reluctant to charge as a hate offense".
As for the offense, it's ironic that after the Timbers put in new turf and widened the field over the winter, because Portland currently features an attack squad that gravitates toward the center of the pitch and grinds to a halt when the penalty box comes into view.
Sounders FC still has the same problems (susceptible to the counter, moribund offense), but they also have the same advantages (stout run-of-play defense, individuals capable of greatness).
The past five games have seen Philadelphia more reliant on crosses to generate offense, and the opposition has found them out.
Derick Brassard scored a power-play goal in the first period, and Chris Kreider netted his second in two games in the middle period to give Lundqvist the only offense he would need to post his third win and second shutout this season.
There are now 155 detainees at Guantánamo, most of whom have not been charged with any offense.
In a series highlighted by star talent, it has really been the role players stepping up and providing the offense, which is so often the case in a series with so few games and so few real chances.
But in an unequal society, equal opportunity offense does not have an equal effect.
