Her immediate feeling was one of severe personal offense.

There are no crooked cops on Doldra, and bribery is a severe offense.

Punishments vary depending on how severe the offense is.

According to Bolin and Heatherly, "dissatisfaction results in a higher incidence of minor offenses, but does not necessarily lead to severe offense".

"It could be the lightest offense or it could be the most severe offense."

Breaking rules can result in points being deducted from a team, with harsher punishments like confinement for severe offenses.

In Thailand, abortion is illegal with severe offense and punishment if convicted.

The Criminal Code prescribes long-time imprisonment - 20 to 40 years - for the most severe criminal offenses.

Opponents of the law see it as a severe offense to the human civil rights made by the state of Israel.

In most cases, homes are blown up for offenses far less severe than the bus attack, usually not involving death or serious injury.