offender
/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/US/əˈfen.dɚ/
offender noun: one who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
Noun
offender (plural offenders)
- 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.1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated, page 169
- A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
offender meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
offender in Tamil
- குற்றம் புரிபவர், குற்றவாளி, குற்றச் செயல் புரிந்தவர், சட்ட மீறுபவர், சட்டம் மீறுபவர், தவறாளி
offender in Urdu
- حملہ آور, مجرم
offender in Bengali
- অপরাধী, দোষী ব্যক্তি
offender in Telugu
- a person who commits an offense against the law
- అపరాధి aparādhi, నేరస్థుడు nērasthuḍu
More languagesFewer languages
- offender in Malayalam
- അപരാധി, കുറ്റക്കാരൻ, പാപി
- offender in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುಕ
- offender in Punjabi
- ਅਪਰਾਧ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- offender in Gujarati
- ગુનેગાર, અપરાધી
- offender in Odia
- ଅପରାଧି
- offender in Arabic
- جَانٍ jānin
- offender in Indonesian
- pelanggar
- offender in Persian
- مقصر moqasser, تقصیرکار taqsirkâr, خاطی xâti, قانونشکن qânun-šekan
- offender in Thai
- ผู้กระทำผิด
Examples of offender in a sentence
- Teenagers form the bulk of extreme traffic offenders.
- After a mistake like that, there wasn't much to do besides bawl out the offender and clean up.
- The deinstitutionalization of minor offenders helps reduce prison overcrowding.
Forms of offender
| plural | offenders |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | offendor |
| alternative form (obsolete) | offendour |
Origin of offender
From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.
Words formed from offender
- habitual offender
- juvenile offender
- main offender
- multioffender
- non-offender
- offendress
- repeat offender
- sex offender
- sexual offender
- status offender
- young offender
- youthful offender
Phrases with offender
Words that rhyme with offender
- render
- tender
- bender
- surrender
- transgender
- gender
- pretender
- defender
- descender
- engender
- ascender
- fender
24 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about offender
- What does offender mean?
- Offender means one who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
- What is offender in Tamil?
- Offender in Tamil is குற்றம் புரிபவர், குற்றவாளி, குற்றச் செயல் புரிந்தவர். See Offender meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is offender?
- Offender is a noun.
- How do you pronounce offender?
- Offender is pronounced /əˈfen.də(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of offender?
- The plural of offender is offenders.
Words near offender in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: offender (page history and authors); offender (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offender (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Offender (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offender (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offender (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); offender (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offender (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); offender (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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