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statutory offence

noun

crimes created by statutes and not by common law

• Syn: ↑statutory offense, ↑regulatory offense, ↑regulatory offence

• Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law-breaking

• Hyponyms: ↑sexual assault, ↑sexual abuse, ↑sex crime, ↑sex offense, ↑bigamy

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ˌstatutory ofˈfence f19 [statutory offence] (BrE) (NAmE ˌstatutory ofˈfense) noun (law)

a crime that is described by law and can be punished by a court

Useful english dictionary. 2012.