offender
Americannoun
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someone who has violated a criminal, religious, or moral law.
The program aids individuals already in the criminal justice system and is geared toward nonviolent offenders.
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a person or thing that irritates, annoys, or angers.
Some of us tried to take matters into our own hands by confronting the noise pollution offenders, but they were entirely unwilling to quiet down.
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something that is disagreeable.
If you’re curious about the odor, I’m afraid you’ll find that the offender is a catbox that has not been emptied recently.
Other Word Forms
- nonoffender noun
Etymology
Origin of offender
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“If you try to out-petty someone, you only make yourself look worse, not the offender.”
From MarketWatch
Mills said he would take into account the fact Kaylem Longhurst was 16 at the time, but added it was inevitable he would be spending time at a young offender institution.
From BBC
"We commit to strengthening our detection systems to better prevent attempts to evade our safeguards and prioritize identifying the highest risk offenders," the company wrote.
From BBC
Factors driving this increase include asylum-related returns, agreements with countries outside the UK, schemes to remove foreign offenders, and schemes to return small boat arrivals, the Home Office said.
From BBC
Riders who flout rules are warned and sometimes fined, they say, with repeat offenders banned.
From BBC
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