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rike — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • foul adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  • infraction noun A breaking of a rule or law, usually a minor one.
  • offense noun A wrongdoing, crime, or breach of a rule.
  • transgression noun A violation of a law, rule, or moral code.

Senses

rike is used for these senses in English:

  • fault A minor offense.
  • foul (sports) A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; for example, tripping someone up in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
  • infraction (legal) A minor offence, petty crime.
  • infraction (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.
  • offense The act of offending.
  • summary offence (legal, British, Australian, Canadian, Hong Kong) A crime in some common law jurisdictions that can be proceeded against summarily, without the right to a jury trial and/or indictment, as required for an indictable offence.
  • transgression A violation of a law, duty or commandment.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

foul — full definition

  1. adj Dirty, disgusting, or unpleasant, especially in smell or taste.
  2. adj Vulgar or abusive, especially referring to language.
  3. verb To make something dirty, blocked, or tangled.
  4. verb In sports, to break a rule through illegal contact with an opponent.
  5. noun A violation of a game's rules, often involving contact with another player.

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