offender:
(plural: ‘offenders‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a person who offends others;
‘to offend’ = to do wrong, to cause displeasure to others, to hurt the feelings of others, and also to do wrong against some established tradition, custom or belief, to do something immoral and to break a law; ‘offence/offense’ = the act of causing pain, loss, displeasure to others, and the act of breaking a law
a police officer with two offenders
a criminal;
a wrongdoer;
a lawbreaker,
young offenders attacking the police
e.g.
Sex offenders are known to commit the same offence/offense repeatedly. (i.e. those people who do crimes related to sex, such as rape, molestation, child sex, prostitution, etc.)
There are more number of correction centres for offenders in the USA than in any other country.
Smoking in a non-smoking zone is an offence and the offender is liable to punishment. (i.e. the person who smokes in a non-smoking zone is an offender)
For a news article that shows us how we come across this word in our daily browsing, please click here, for a news item that shows us how this word is used in politics, too, please click here and for an other news article about how a governor pardons some minor offenders, please click here.
Note: A “first offender” is a person who is caught doing or having done some crime/offence for the first time, e.g. The judge let go Roger without any punishment because Roger is just 17 and is a ‘first offender’, i.e. Roger is young and he has done the crime for the first time, and the ‘first offenders’ are usually let go with little or no punishment.
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