Synonyms of offenders

offenders

noun

plural of offender

as in criminals

a person who has committed a crime

juvenile offenders have their criminal records sealed when they turn 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminals
• culprits
• lawbreakers
• defendants
• perpetrators
• miscreants
• guns
• suspects
• crooks
• malefactors
• misdemeanants
• convicts
• accomplices
• principals
• villains
• thugs
• trespassers
• outlaws
• recidivists
• wrongdoers
• jailbirds
• sinners
• transgressors
• desperadoes
• perps
• fish
• gangsters
• racketeers
• hoodlums
• hooligans
• detainees
• arrestees
• backsliders
• mobsters
• evildoers
• enforcers
• triggermen
• accused
• misdoers
• gunsels
• blackhanders
• misfeasors
• relapsers
• gallows birds
• button men
• gunmen
• repeaters
• hit men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of offenders

Sincere Lanier, 22, is one of several offenders who allegedly stole from machines at Stella’s Place March 24 and Avenue Flower Shop and Wine Bar March 29, Oak Lawn police say. — 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

Burton Brown and other supporters argued that the measure was focused on violent offenders, not immigrants living peacefully in the United States. — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 6 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

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

Any attempt to relieve the pressure on prisons shifts onto the probation service, which monitors offenders serving their sentence in the community. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Assembly Bill 1546 strengthens criminal penalties for repeat DUI offenders. — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

More often than not, this audit finds the larger offenders causing the retention problem. — Kellie Lauth, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026