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Crime of someone receiving stolen property (7)

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I believe the answer is:

offence

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'crime' is the definition.
(I know that crime can be written as offence)

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(Other definitions for offence that I've seen before include "Cause of annoyance - crime" , "Crime - umbrage" , "Criminal action" , "Crime; insult" , "Aggressive action" .)

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