as in criminal
a person who has committed a crime
juvenile offenders have their criminal records sealed when they turn 18
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Recent Examples of offender
While undergoing the months-long program, offenders participate in half-day programming and half-day work, school, or vocational activities.
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Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
The danger of restoring offenders has played out in less formal ways.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at the worst offenders among grocery stores in Maricopa County for the month.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Information on Level 3 offenders, and Level 2 offenders (classified after July 12, 2013), is available to the public through SORB’s website.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Average time served has increased dramatically in recent years, and research indicates many offenders could have served less time without endangering public safety.
—Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
But equally important is to give the offender the benefit of the doubt.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Among the offenders are Troy Franklin, Garett Bolles and Luke Wattenberg.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Like breathalyzers, offenders would have to pay for the device themselves, not the state.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025
The danger of restoring offenders has played out in less formal ways.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
Here's a look at the worst offenders among grocery stores in Maricopa County for the month.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Information on Level 3 offenders, and Level 2 offenders (classified after July 12, 2013), is available to the public through SORB’s website.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
Average time served has increased dramatically in recent years, and research indicates many offenders could have served less time without endangering public safety.
—Khalil Cumberbatch, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
But equally important is to give the offender the benefit of the doubt.
—Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Among the offenders are Troy Franklin, Garett Bolles and Luke Wattenberg.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025
Like breathalyzers, offenders would have to pay for the device themselves, not the state.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offender
Noun
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To suggest that another candidate’s supporters are criminals — particularly when that candidate is, by all measures, poised to win at least a plurality of votes in the city — does not seem like a recipe for earning New Yorkers’ support.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Binance also lacked protocols — standard for financial services companies — to report transactions for money laundering risks, according to the Justice Department, and employees were well aware that such an oversight would invite criminals to the platform.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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To find out if typhus was the sole culprit for the demise of soldiers, the authors of the new study used a method known as high-throughput sequencing, which can sequence millions of DNA fragments at a time.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Though Locci's husband, Mele, was convicted of the murders in 1970, he was later released after the culprit struck again by killing teenage couple Pasquale Gentilcore and Stefania Pettini in September 1974.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Offender.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offender. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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