regulatory offence

regulatory offence
noun
crimes created by statutes and not by common law
Hypernyms: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑law-breaking
Hyponyms: ↑sexual assault, ↑sexual abuse, ↑sex crime, ↑sex offense, ↑bigamy

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