OFFENDER

wrongdoer, offender

(noun) a person who transgresses moral or civil law

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

offender (plural offenders)

One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Synonyms

• See also criminal

Anagrams

• forefend, reoffend

Source: Wiktionary


Of*fend"er, n.

Definition: One who offends; one who violates any law, divine or human; a wrongdoer. I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. 1 Kings i. 21.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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