Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun statutory_offense

1 sense of statutory offense

Sense 1
statutory offense, statutory offence, regulatory offense, regulatory offence -- (crimes created by statutes and not by common law)
       => crime, offense, criminal offense, criminal offence, offence, law-breaking -- ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes")