See Also: offender(dictionary)
first offender(dictionary)
offender(dictionary)
sex offender(dictionary)
young offender(dictionary)
Career Offender(law)
Habitual Offender(law)
Juvenile Offender(law)
Sex Offender Registration(law)

offender (iou)



offender noun. LME.
[from OFFEND + -ER1.]
A person who or (occas.) thing which offends; a person who breaks a law, rule, or regulation; a person who commits an offence; a person who gives offence, displeases, or excites resentment. Formerly also, an assailant.
FIRST offender. old offender: see OLD adjective.
L. R. Banks Giving young offenders a short sharp shock. A. Storr Prisons..herding offenders together. P. Quillin Beans are..nourishing food. They are also prime offenders in producing flatus.