offender
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offender
- /əˈfen.də(ɹ)/ UK
- /əˈfen.dɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.
noun offenders · offendor · offendour
- One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong. Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.
- A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: wrongdoer, violation, violator, infringer, infringement, delinquency, infraction, criminal, culprit, guilt, delinquent, blame, guilty, defaulter, contravention, crime
Translations
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noun one who gives or causes offense
| Español | ofensor, ofendedor |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 冒犯者 màofànzhě |
| Português | ofensor |
| Deutsch | Täter |
| Русский | оби́дчик obídčik, оби́дчица obídčica |
noun a person who commits an offense against the law
| Español | ofensor, ofendedor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 罪人 zainin, 犯罪者 hanzaisha |
| 中文 | 罪犯 zuìfàn, 犯罪分子 fànzuì fènzǐ, 違法者 /违法者 wéifǎzhě |
| Português | transgressor, criminoso, réu |
| Français | contrevenant |
| Deutsch | Täter, Täterin, Straftäter, Straftäterin |
| Italiano | contravventore, corrigendo |
| Ελληνικά | παραβάτης paravátis |
| Русский | престу́пник prestúpnik, престу́пница prestúpnica, правонаруши́тель pravonarušítelʹ, правонаруши́тельница pravonarušítelʹnica |
| العربية | جَانٍ jānin |
Talk about this word "offender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/offender. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. offender. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/offender "offender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/offender.Cite this
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title = {offender},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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