offence against public policy

offence Noun

— An offence is an action that breaks the law. Murder is a serious criminal offence. — When you give offence to someone, you do something that they don't like. I didn't mean to give offence, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China. — The offence is the person or team who is attacking. For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offence.

against Preposition

— In opposition, or not agreeing, to. I am against that proposal. I think it is a bad idea. — Pressed to. He held her head against his chest.

public Adjective

— Something is public if it is about or for all the people. You can't tell me to go away. This is a public place.

public Noun

— All of the people in a big place like a country. I'm going to write this in the newspaper because the public needs to know it. Getting Western publics to understand the nature of the war is hard enough. The dress rehearsal was opened to the general public as well as celebrities.

policy Noun

— A policy is an official rule or idea that explain how to act in certain situations. The college policy is that teachers may not have any sexual relationship with students. The government is suggesting a significant change in economic policy. In at least one case there was a deliberate policy decision not to involve the police. The policy at the movie theater said we should turn on phones off and be quiet, during the movie.