offend
I
(insult) verb
abuse, affront, anger, annoy, be discourteous, be impolite, chagrin, displease, distress, disturb, embarrass, enrage, gall, horrify, hurt, incense, inflame, infuriate, injure, irk, irritate, laedere, madden, make angry, mortify, nettle, offendere, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, ridicule, rile, slight, snub, taunt, tease, treat with discourtesy, treat with indignity, vex, wound
II
(violate the law) verb
break a law, break the law, commit a breach of the law, commit a crime, commit a fault, commit an infraction, commit offense, commit sin, contravene, disobey the law, disregard the law, err, infringe, infringe a law, misconduct oneself, peccare, transgress, trespass, violare
III
index
affront, aggravate (annoy), annoy, antagonize, bait (harass), disoblige, distress, estrange, harry (harass), hector, humiliate, irritate, mistreat, persecute, pique, plague, provoke, repel (disgust), trespass
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006