Offender synonyms

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criminal
Constituting, implying, or involving a crime or an element of a crime.
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crook
Crook is defined as a person who is dishonest and who steals things (such as money) that belong to others.
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delinquent
A delinquent is defined as a person, especially someone young, who has done something society considers wrong or criminal.
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lawbreaker
A person who violates the law
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felon
The definition of a felon is a person who has been convicted of a felony (a serious crime for which the penalty is normally one or more years of incarceration).
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malefactor
One who has committed a crime; a criminal.
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sinner
A scamp.
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wrong-doer
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crimes (related)
Plural form of crime
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wrongdoer
One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically.
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offenders (related)
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perpetrator (related)
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abuser (related)
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domestic-violence (related)
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offence (related)
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shoplifter (related)
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anti-social (related)
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trespasser
One who trespasses; an interloper.
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culprit
One guilty of a fault or crime.
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Offender Sentence Examples

  • The chief offender was not brought to justice until a second punitive expedition in 1899 completed the pacification of the country.

  • The offender is only treated as a heathen and publican when the purity and safety of the church demand it.

  • The interruption of preachers when celebrating divine service rendered the offender liable to three months' imprisonment under a statute of the first year of Mary, but Friends generally waited to speak till the service was over.'

  • Profane cursing and swearing is made punishable by the Profane Oaths Act 1745, which directs the offender to be brought before a justice of the peace, and fined five shillings, two shillings or one shilling, according as he is a gentleman, below the rank of gentleman, or a common labourer, soldier, &c.

  • If it be the same it indicates that the excommunication had not been final; the offender had been received back.

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