offender

🇺🇸 /əˈfendər/ 🇬🇧 /əˈfendə(r)/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
noun
B2

a person who breaks the law

The court sent the young offender to a special school.

C1

a person or thing that does something wrong

The factory was the main offender in causing air pollution.

translation

n. a person who breaks the law; a person or thing that does something wrong

Word Forms

Plural offenders