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overoffending

overoffending is the present participle and gerund 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 overoffending

What is overoffending the present participle and gerund of?
Overoffending is the present participle and gerund of overoffend.

Words near overoffending in the dictionary

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

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