major offense

• 重罪

major offense的用法和样例：

例句

1. It is wrong to deal with a minor offence as if it were a major one and vice versa.
   轻罪重判不对，重罪轻判也不对。
2. In the ancient common law,the state into which an offender was placed when a sentence against him for a capital offense was handed down.
   被剥夺公民权及财产在古代习惯法中，对重罪的宣判下来时犯罪者所陷入的状况。