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

The packet of bills also included AB 1546, which will increase the seriousness of charges that repeat DUI offenders could face. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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

Five offenders entered a Green Oaks business early Wednesday and used crowbars and sledgehammers to break into gaming machines, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Juvenile offenders will be offered opportunities to participate in safety diversion programs. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

One of the spots yielded a full DNA profile, but there was no match in CODIS, law enforcement’s national database of offenders. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026

Second-time offenders will be forced to miss a half in the ensuing game. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026

Most of the offenders, too, appear to be delis and bodegas and fast-casual food carts, venues where quality is secondary to moving product quickly and cheaply out the door. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026

He was forced to water down plans to release some offenders early following calls from the widow of a police officer who died in a hit-and-run to keep his killers in jail. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026