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

Laws regarding incarceration of youthful offenders — age 25 or younger at the time of the crime — have evolved since the siblings were tried. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

From names like ChatGPT and Gemini to Meta AI, Perplexity, and even Grok, the report identifies which chatbots are the most privacy-friendly and transparent in their practices and which are the worst offenders. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Officials looked for minor infractions, such as violating the terms of a student visa by working part time, and deported offenders. — Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Social services, including counseling programs for young criminal offenders, receive less than 2 cents from every dollar of property taxes. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

Dan Dow, San Luis Obispo district attorney and president of the California District Attorneys Association, said DAs are concerned about Kowalczyk narrowing judges’ ability to properly prosecute offenders. — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The federal government’s arrests of offenders in this category rose by 500% in 2025, FBI Director Kash Patel said while announcing Spitze’s sentence. — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have long been portrayed as the worst offenders of antibiotic overuse, with over-the-counter sales and weak regulation seen as one of the main reasons behind the rise and spread of drug-resistant infections. — Peter Beyer, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

To Measure Technology’s Impact Using technology to more accurately predict technology’s impact could go a long way toward changing the discussion and holding offenders accountable. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026