offender

noun (an offender, offenders)

«offender» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A person who has broken the law or done a crime. tree →
A person or thing that causes a problem or does something wrong: «The worst offender for noise was the dog.» tree →

In the lessons

In law, news and citizenship lessons: «young offenders», «first-time offender», «repeat offender». In everyday talk, people joke about the «worst offender» for leaving dishes or being late. It tells the reader someone has done wrong.

Examples

The police caught the offender near the station. tree →
Young offenders may be given community work instead of prison. tree →
He was a first-time offender, so the judge gave him a warning. tree →
In our house, the worst offender for leaving lights on is my brother. tree →
Repeat offenders are people who keep breaking the law. tree →
Fizzy drinks are the main offender for bad teeth. tree →
The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender. tree →

Note

Countable. From the verb «offend» (to break a law, or to upset someone). Related: offence (UK, Ireland, Australia) / offense (US). Use «an» before it. Trap: «offended» means upset, not the same as being an offender.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means a person judged guilty of a wrong, a sinner, or someone who is falsely accused. In the primary lessons: In law, news and citizenship lessons: «young offenders», «first-time offender», «repeat offender». In everyday talk, people joke about the «worst offender» for leaving dishes or being late. It tells the reader someone has done wrong.

Examples

Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.' (Prophets 1KI.1.21, JPS 1917) tree →
That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought. (Prophets ISA.29.21, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «offender» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«offender» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «offender» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«offender» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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