Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

    Täter

    оби́дчикobídčik, оби́дчицаobídčica

  2. 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 sentences
  1. Tom is a first-time offender.

  2. Tom's a first-time offender.

    ruТом — начинающий преступник. — sharptoothed

  3. The more laws, the more offenders.

    ruЧем больше законов, тем больше преступников. — Hotaru

  4. Tom is a registered sex offender.

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  5. An offender escaped from a prison.

    ruИз тюрьмы сбежал преступник. — marafon

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a person who commits an offense against the law:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who gives or causes offense:
a person who commits an offense against the law:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one who gives or causes offense:
a person who commits an offense against the law:

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: offenders
Singularoffender
Pluraloffenders

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who transgresses moral or civil law:wrongdoer

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
offender — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto