law-breaking vs criminal offense

law-breaking and criminal offense both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of law-breaking include crime, criminal offence.

law-breaking (noun)	criminal offense (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