criminal offense vs law-breaking

criminal offense and law-breaking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No
law-breaking	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criminal offense and law-breaking are synonyms defined as:

criminal offense and law-breaking: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other synonyms of criminal offense include crime, criminal offence.

criminal offense (noun)	law-breaking (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act