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overoffended

overoffended is the simple past and past participle of overoffend.

Meaning of overoffend

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

Questions about overoffended

What is overoffended the simple past and past participle of?
Overoffended is the simple past and past participle of overoffend.

Words near overoffended in the dictionary

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

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