| criminal offence | 7.83 | They remain criminal offences. | ||
| serious offence | 4.67 | Stealing is a serious offence. | ||
| second offence | 3.49 | A second offence carries a life ban. | ||
| alleged offence | 3.42 | The man was stopped by police for an alleged driving offence. | ||
| bookable offence | 3.23 | Both men were dismissed for a second bookable offence. | ||
| same offence | 2.17 | Thousands of their supporters were charged with the same offence. | ||
| similar offence | 2.17 | His stockman Philip Luff denied eleven similar offences. | ||
| first offence | 1.71 | Punishment for a first offence is a fine. | ||
| minor offence | 1.65 | The police cautioned him for a minor offence. | ||
| sexual offence | 1.65 | Names of victims of sexual offences cannot be published. | ||
| punishable offence | 0.99 | Denying the reality of the Nazi extermination of Jews is a punishable offence in Germany. | ||
| new offence | 0.92 | This is not a new offence. | ||
| motoring offence | 0.79 | ...a three-month sentence for motoring offences. | ||
| driving offence | 0.66 | He had to appear in court for a driving offence. | ||
| political offence | 0.66 | The agreement does not cover political offences. | ||
| drug-related offence | 0.53 | TEN people are due to appear before magistrates today, accused of drug-related offences. | ||
| terrorist offence | 0.53 | During the court case it emerged that both men had convictions for terrorist offences. | ||
| the offence | 0.53 | The first two offences are punishable by death. | ||
| petty offence | 0.46 | The new courts were designed to relieve police courts of petty offences. | ||
| such offence | 0.46 | The sentence is considered as severe for such an offence. |