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repeat offend

repeat offend verb: to offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.

Verb

repeat offend (third-person singular simple present repeat offends, present participle repeat offending, simple past and past participle repeat offended)

  1. To offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
    • law enforcement is not a significant way to deter their offending, though it is a significant way to identify who is offending after they have repeat-offended.2006, Irvin Waller, Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime, →ISBN, page 23
    • This trip into the Jail system was not one that was going to be filled with fun and games. He was headed into hard time with no visible release date. Here this was a repeat offender headed to face criminal prosecution. He repeat offended before the last criminal offense was settled in the courts....2006, Gary Drewes, The Silent Vow: Volume III, →ISBN

Examples of repeat offend in a sentence

  • Here this was a repeat offender headed to face criminal prosecution.2006, Gary Drewes, The Silent Vow: Volume III, →ISBN:
  • He had no idea why he repeat offended with Cindy.2010, Adele Parks, Men I've loved before, →ISBN:

Forms of repeat offend

third-person singular presentrepeat offends
present participlerepeat offending
past participlerepeat offended
pastrepeat offended

Origin of repeat offend

Back-formation from repeat offender.

Questions about repeat offend

What does repeat offend mean?
Repeat offend means to offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
How do you use repeat offend in a sentence?
Here this was a repeat offender headed to face criminal prosecution.
What part of speech is repeat offend?
Repeat offend is a verb.
What is the past tense of repeat offend?
The past tense of repeat offend is repeat offended.

Words near repeat offend in the dictionary

  1. repealment
  2. repealments
  3. repeals
  4. repeat
  5. repeat itself
  6. repeat offend
  7. repeat offended
  8. repeat offender
  9. repeat offenders
  10. repeat offending
  11. repeat offends

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