forgery vs criminal offense

forgery and criminal offense both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forgery	Yes	No	No	No
criminal offense	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, criminal offense is a hypernym of forgery; that is, criminal offense is a word with a broader meaning than forgery:

forgery: criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud
criminal offense: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act

Other hypernyms of forgery include falsehood, falsification, crime, criminal offence, law-breaking.

forgery (noun)	criminal offense (noun)
criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud	(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
a copy that is represented as the original