dealings traffic | social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with') |
trespass encroachment violation intrusion usurpation | entry to another's property without right or permission |
irreverence violation | a disrespectful act |
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 |
capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate |
misdemeanor misdemeanour infraction violation infringement | a crime less serious than a felony |
violation infringement | an act that disregards an agreement or a right, he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment |
rape violation assault ravishment | the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will |
sexual assault sexual abuse sex crime sex offense | a statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat, most states have replaced the common law definition of rape with statutes defining sexual assault |
statutory offense statutory offence regulatory offense regulatory offence | crimes created by statutes and not by common law |
offense offence offensive | the action of attacking an enemy |
traffic control | control of the flow of traffic in a building or a city |
traffic | buying and selling, especially illicit trade |
drug traffic drug trafficking narcotraffic | traffic in illegal drugs |
slave trade slave traffic | traffic in slaves, especially in Black Africans transported to America in the th to th centuries |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
traffic circle circle rotary roundabout | a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island, the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary |
traffic island safety island safety isle safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
traffic lane | a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines, that car is in the wrong traffic lane |
traffic light traffic signal stoplight | a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
traffic | the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time, heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines, traffic on the internet is lightest during the night |
umbrage offense offence | a feeling of anger caused by being offended, he took offence at my question |
offense offence | the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score |
traffic jam snarl-up | a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
traffic court | a court that has power to prosecute for traffic offenses |
traffic | the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time |
air traffic | traffic created by the movement of aircraft |
commuter traffic | traffic created by people going to or returning from work |
pedestrian traffic foot traffic | people coming and going on foot |
vehicular traffic vehicle traffic | the aggregation of vehicles coming and going in a particular locality |
automobile traffic car traffic | cars coming and going |
bicycle traffic | bicycles coming and going |
bus traffic | buses coming and going |
truck traffic | trucks coming and going |
traffic pattern approach pattern pattern | the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport, the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded, they stayed in the pattern until the fog lifted |
traffic cop | a policeman who controls the flow of automobile traffic |
traffic | trade or deal a commodity, They trafficked with us for gold |
traffic | deal illegally, traffic drugs |