offender
One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrongOne who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
» Tom is a first-time offender.
Meaning
2 sensesOne who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
Täter
оби́дчикobídčik, оби́дчицаobídčica
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Täter, Täterin, Straftäter
престу́пникprestúpnik, престу́пницаprestúpnica, правонаруши́тельpravonarušítelʹ
правопору́шникpravoporúšnyk, правопору́шницяpravoporúšnycja
a person who transgresses moral or civil law
Examples
49 sentencesTom is a first-time offender.
Tom's a first-time offender.
ruТом — начинающий преступник.
The more laws, the more offenders.
ruЧем больше законов, тем больше преступников.
Tom is a registered sex offender.
An offender escaped from a prison.
ruИз тюрьмы сбежал преступник.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.
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Forms
plural: offendersSynonyms
1 synonyms- a person who transgresses moral or civil law:wrongdoer