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reoffending

reoffending is the present participle and gerund of reoffend.

Meaning of reoffend

Verb

reoffend (third-person singular simple present reoffends, present participle reoffending, simple past and past participle reoffended)

  1. To offend again; especially after receiving punishment or treatment

Questions about reoffending

What is reoffending the present participle and gerund of?
Reoffending is the present participle and gerund of reoffend.

Words near reoffending in the dictionary

  1. reoffences
  2. reoffend
  3. reoffended
  4. reoffender
  5. reoffenders
  6. reoffending
  7. reoffends
  8. reoffense
  9. reoffenses
  10. reoffer
  11. reoffered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reoffending (page history and authors); reoffend (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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