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repeat offenders

repeat offenders is the plural of repeat offender.

Meaning of repeat offender

Noun

repeat offender (plural repeat offenders)

  1. A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
  2. One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
    • At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title.2011, Jeff Reid, Cat-Dependent No More, →ISBN

Questions about repeat offenders

What is repeat offenders the plural of?
Repeat offenders is the plural of repeat offender.

Words near repeat offenders in the dictionary

  1. repeat
  2. repeat itself
  3. repeat offend
  4. repeat offended
  5. repeat offender
  6. repeat offenders
  7. repeat offending
  8. repeat offends
  9. repeat on
  10. repeat oneself
  11. repeat sign

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