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

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

The company didn’t provide specific figures, but 7 million glasses were sold in 2025, and with this year’s sales so far, that puts the likely number of offenders in the thousands. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 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

Its recent report says organized crime groups are increasingly involved in cultural-property theft, with offenders using tools like explosives and firearms. — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

The Office of Youth and Community Restoration was created to oversee California’s shift to a county-run juvenile justice system after a 2020 law moved responsibility for youth offenders from state facilities to counties. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

Restorative justice is intended to repair harm by asking offenders to accept responsibility and make meaningful amends. — Laurie Myers, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026

When federal law enforcement takes violent offenders off our streets and lawfully removes them from our country, that makes our communities safer. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026