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Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat..

Malefaction :: Malefaction (n.) A crime; an offense; an evil deed.

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..

Punishable :: Punishable (a.) Deserving of, or liable to, punishment; capable of being punished by law or right; -- said of person or offenses..

Offensible :: Offensible (a.) That may give offense.

Arm :: Arm (v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country..

Ransom :: Ransom (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment..

Snuff :: Snuff (v. i.) To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offense..

Suborner :: Subornation (n.) The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion..

Feticide :: Feticide (n.) The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.

Enormity :: Enormity (n.) That which is enormous; especially, an exceeding offense against order, right, or decency; an atrocious crime; flagitious villainy; an atrocity..

Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense..

Bailable :: Bailable (a.) Admitting of bail; as, a bailable offense..

Penal :: Penal (a.) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense..

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses..

Faultless :: Faultless (a.) Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem..

Peccadillo :: Peccadillo (n.) A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime or fault.

Offence :: Offence (n.) See Offense.

Offensive :: Offensive (a.) Giving offense; causing displeasure or resentment; displeasing; annoying; as, offensive words..

Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..

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