Phrases related to: offence

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hanging offence	A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
chip on one's shoulder	A tendency to take offence quickly.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
thin-skinned	Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; touchy.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
accusare aliquem rei capitalis (rerum capitalium)	to charge some one with a capital offence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
if you don't mind me saying	Used to introduce one's opinion about something to which offence could be taken	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il se pique d'un rien	He takes offence at the slightest thing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
no tea, no shade	Indicating that no offence is meant, that the speaker is merely making an observation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nulla pœna sine lege	The principle that a person shall receive no punishment unless he has committed an offence as explicitly defined in a law.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
quod non arroganter dixerim	which I can say without offence, arrogance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Solo capite sanxit, si quis... (Att. 10. 1)	Solon made it a capital offence to...	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thin-skinned	overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)