Synonyms of offender

offender

noun

as in criminal

a person who has committed a crime

juvenile offenders have their criminal records sealed when they turn 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminal
• culprit
• defendant
• perpetrator
• lawbreaker
• miscreant
• suspect
• malefactor
• crook
• accomplice
• principal
• misdemeanant
• gun
• convict
• villain
• thug
• trespasser
• perp
• wrongdoer
• transgressor
• sinner
• outlaw
• jailbird
• desperado
• recidivist
• fish
• gangster
• racketeer
• arrestee
• hoodlum
• hooligan
• mobster
• detainee
• triggerman
• backslider
• accused
• evildoer
• gunsel
• enforcer
• gunman
• misdoer
• misfeasor
• gallows bird
• button man
• blackhander
• hit man
• repeater
• relapser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawman
• gangbuster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of offender

The Oak Lawn and Alsip village boards voted to regulate the use of security foggers in businesses as a method to deter offenders. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Too often, special occasions can feel like an excuse to buy a new outfit; weddings are the worst offenders. — Corinne Pierre-Louis, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Photo by Kristin Reese What happened in court Repeat offender Tyree Reynolds faces 30 charges, including murder, for the shootout Saturday at Leon Day Park that killed 12-year-old Khloe. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Those illicit techniques include attaching a GPS tracker to a car or using cell-tower data to track a potential offender. — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026

The repeat violent offender that attacked multiple women in Dilworth should have never been on the streets. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

The prosecutor’s office stated that the Supreme Court could have applied a different interpretation of the law to ensure certain offenders remained on the public list. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Even with Burnham’s changes, however, the probation officers’ union and victims’ rights groups say the system is ill-equipped to cope with an influx of offenders into the community, pointing to years of chronic underfunding and staffing pressures. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Wiener has passed laws protecting net neutrality, capping prescription costs and mandating mental health parity, ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, and requiring corporations disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026