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statutory offense vs law-breaking

law-breaking vs statutory offense

statutory offense and law-breaking both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
statutory offense Yes No No No
law-breaking Yes No No No
As nouns, law-breaking is a hypernym of statutory offense; that is, law-breaking is a word with a broader meaning than statutory offense:
  • statutory offense: crimes created by statutes and not by common law
  • law-breaking: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Other hypernyms of statutory offense include crime, criminal offence, criminal offense.
statutory offense (noun) law-breaking (noun)
crimes created by statutes and not by common law (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
Difference between statutory offense and law-breaking

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