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law-breaking vs statutory offence

statutory offence vs law-breaking

law-breaking and statutory offence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
law-breaking Yes No No No
statutory offence Yes No No No
As nouns, statutory offence is a hyponym of law-breaking; that is, statutory offence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than law-breaking:
  • law-breaking: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
  • statutory offence: crimes created by statutes and not by common law
law-breaking (noun) statutory offence (noun)
(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act crimes created by statutes and not by common law
Difference between law-breaking and statutory offence

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