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overoffend

overoffend verb: to commit more crime than is normal or expected.

Verb

overoffend (third-person singular simple present overoffends, present participle overoffending, simple past and past participle overoffended)

  1. (intransitive) To commit more crime than is normal or expected.
    • We also agree with Russell (1992) that a Black Criminology is as warranted as a feminist criminology, especially given that women disproportionately underoffend, whereas according to the official statistics, African Americans disproportionately overoffend […]2018, James D. Unnever, Shaun L. Gabbidon, Cecilia Chouhy, Building a Black Criminology, Volume 24: Race, Theory, and Crime

Forms of overoffend

third-person singular presentoveroffends
present participleoveroffending
past participleoveroffended
pastoveroffended

Origin of overoffend

From over- + offend.

Questions about overoffend

What does overoffend mean?
Overoffend means to commit more crime than is normal or expected.
What part of speech is overoffend?
Overoffend is a verb.
What is the past tense of overoffend?
The past tense of overoffend is overoffended.

Words near overoffend in the dictionary

  1. overobturation
  2. overobvious
  3. overoccupancy
  4. overoccupation
  5. overoccupied
  6. overoffend
  7. overoffended
  8. overoffending
  9. overoffends
  10. overoffensive
  11. overofficered

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