Speakur

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offence to be taken into consideration

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables
of-fence -to be -tak-en in-to -con-sid-er-a-tion
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
33
Letters
11
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full conviction.

British usage

Etymology

From offence + to be + taken into consideration.

Usage

Inflected Forms

offences to be taken into consideration (plural) offence taken into consideration (alternative) TIC (alternative)

Questions

What does offence to be taken into consideration mean?
An additional criminal offence which a defendant agrees to admit to following their conviction, which is formally taken into account when they are sentenced, but with a lesser weight than a full conviction.
Where does offence to be taken into consideration come from?
From offence + to be + taken into consideration.

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