Offender

Of-fend′er

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Noun.

One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer.

I and my son Solomon shall be counted

offenders

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1 Kings i. 21.

Offender

OFFEND'ER

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Noun.

One that offends; one that violates any law, divine or human; a criminal; a trespasser; a transgressor; one that does an injury. The man who robs, steals, or commits an assault, is an offender.

offender

English

Alternative forms

offendor (obsolete)
offendour (obsolete)

Noun

offender ‎(plural offenders)

One who gives or causes offense.
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Synonyms

See also Wikisaurus:criminal

Derived terms

juvenile offender
repeat offender

Translations

one who gives or causes offense

German: Täter (de) m
Portuguese: ofensor (pt) m

Russian: оби́дчик (ru) m ‎(obídčik), оби́дчица (ru) f ‎(obídčica)
Spanish: ofensor m

a person who commits an offense against the law

Arabic: جَانٍ ‎(jānin)
Belarusian: злачынец m ‎(zlačynjec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪犯 (zh) ‎(zuìfàn), 犯罪分子 ‎(fànzuì fènzǐ)
Czech: zločinec m
Dutch: schuldige (nl) m, f
Finnish: syyllinen (fi)
French: contrevenant (fr) m
German: Täter (de) m
Indonesian: pelanggar (id)
Irish: ciontóir m
Italian: contravventore m, corrigendo m (young)
Japanese: 罪人 ‎(ざいにん, zainin), 犯罪者 ‎(はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha)

Manx: foiljagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovbryter m
Polish: przestępca (pl) m
Portuguese: transgressor (pt) m, criminoso (pt) m
Russian: престу́пник (ru) m ‎(prestúpnik), престу́пница (ru) f ‎(prestúpnica), правонаруши́тель (ru) m ‎(pravonarušítelʹ), правонаруши́тельница (ru) f ‎(pravonarušítelʹnica)
Scottish Gaelic: ciontach m
Spanish: delincuente (es) m, ofensor m
Swedish: gärningsman (sv) m, c, gärningskvinna (sv) f, c (uncommon)
Telugu: అపరాధి (te) ‎(aparādhi), నేరస్థుడు (te) m ‎(nērasthuḍu)
Welsh: pechadur m

Anagrams

forefend, reoffend

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Webster 1913 Edition

Offender

Of-fend′er

Webster 1828 Edition

Offender

OFFEND'ER

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