- Look up
offense or
offence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Offense or
offence may
refer to:
Offense or crime, a
violation of
penal law An insult,...
- The
triangle offense is an
offensive strategy used in basketball. Its
basic ideas were
initially established by Hall of Fame
coach Sam
Barry at the University...
- A
continuity offense is one of two main
categories of
basketball offenses, the
other being motion offense.
Continuity offenses are
characterized by a...
- "Spread
offense" may also
refer to the four
corners offense in basketball. The
spread offense is an
offensive scheme in
gridiron football that typically...
- A
status offense is an
action that is
prohibited only to a
certain class of people, and most
often applied only to
offenses committed by minors. In the...
- In
criminal law, a
lesser included offense is a
crime for
which all of the
elements necessary to
impose liability are also
elements found in a more serious...
- An
inchoate offense,
preliminary crime,
inchoate crime or
incomplete crime is a
crime of
preparing for or s****ing to
commit another crime. The most common...
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three task-specific "platoons" of
players within any
single team: the
offense (the team with
possession of the ball,
which is
trying to score), the defense...
- The West
Coast offense is an
offense in
American football that
places a
greater emphasis on p****ing than on running.
There are two
similar but distinct...
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Battery is a
criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact,
distinct from ****ault,
which is the act of
creating apprehension of such contact. Battery...