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overoffends

overoffends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overoffends

What is overoffends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overoffends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overoffend.

Words near overoffends in the dictionary

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

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