Offense
Offense noun - A breaking of a moral or legal code.
Usage example: wartime offenses that are crimes against all of humanity
Vice
Vice noun - Immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Her next play, The Drag (1928) was never staged because the Society for the Prevention of Vice took offense of its homosexual themes.By the time she became a movie star she was already 38 years old, but became an overnight success.
Source: Creator / Mae West
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