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offender

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /əˈfen.dɚ/ UK /əˈfen.də(ɹ)/
Freq #10866

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who breaks the law; a criminal.

    The court was tougher on repeat offenders.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who breaks the... wrongdoercriminal
Word family
Forms offenders
Derived forms multioffendernon-offenderoffendress

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Etymology

From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.

offendour Middle English
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