Speakur

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primary offense

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables
pri-ma-ry of-fense
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The most serious offence of a group of offenses that a person committed at the same time, or is charged with committing at the same time.

noun

An offence of such seriousness that a police officer may arrest the person involved, or impose an instant fine.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

primary offenses (plural)

Questions

What does primary offense mean?
The most serious offence of a group of offenses that a person committed at the same time, or is charged with committing at the same time.

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