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offenders

offenders is the plural of offender.

Meaning of offender

Noun

offender (plural offenders)

  1. 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
  2. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Phrases with offenders

Questions about offenders

What is offenders the plural of?
Offenders is the plural of offender.

Words near offenders in the dictionary

  1. offendedly
  2. offendedness
  3. offendee
  4. offendees
  5. offender
  6. offenders
  7. offendest
  8. offendeth
  9. offending
  10. offendings
  11. offendor

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