offender

Word family noun offense/offense offender offensive offensiveness offenceoffendressadjective offensive ≠ inoffensive offended offending offencefuloffencelessverb offend adverb offensively offendedly

Related topics: Crime

of·fend·er /əˈfendə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 SCCsomeone who is guilty of a crime 罪犯，有罪者，犯罪者

Community punishment is used for less serious offenders.

社区服务刑被用来处罚犯罪情节较轻者。

At 16, Scott was already a persistent offender (=someone who has been caught several times for committing crimes).

斯科特16岁时就已经是个惯犯了。

→ first offender, sex offender, young offender

2 BADsomeone or something that is the cause of something bad 引发坏事的人[事物]

Among causes of air pollution, car exhaust fumes may be the worst offender.

在造成空气污染的诸多因素中，汽车尾气可能是罪魁祸首。

Examples from the Corpus

offender• If so the alleged offender may be held in custody to await trial.• drug offenders• The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders.• And persistent offenders face losing their licence.• Neoclassicism allowed that some offenders were less guilty than others because they were less responsible.• Wearing a body recorder and transmitter, he engaged in several conversations with the offenders in which they incriminated themselves.• The boy was imprisoned in the Northern Territory, which has the heaviest penalties for first-time property theft offenders.• First-time offenders will get a written warning.• Among the causes of heart disease, smoking and high-fat foods are the worst offenders.• Sentence: three years' detention in a young offender institution.• Putting young offenders into a prison or other custodial establishment does not deter them from offending.• The committee will investigate more effective ways of dealing with young offenders.

persistent offender• I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders.• Good referees are quick to pick up on this and impose penalties for persistent offenders.• But the Government accepts that for persistent offenders some kind of youth detention must also be available to the courts.• This has alarmed the Local Government Ombudsman who would like powers to investigate persistent offenders.• He said one of his main concerns was the problem of persistent offenders.• The authority has warned that it will not hesitate to prosecute persistent offenders.• Male speaker I think the company should take action against the persistent offenders, not penalise everybody.

the worst offender• In my experience, those long conditioned by Centralism are the worst offenders.• And patients are the worst offenders.• Uneaten food and other dead organic materials left in the tank are the worst offenders in pollution of the water.• In this connection some scientists are by far the worst offenders.• Yet Liquid Gold is by no means the worst offender.• One of the worst offenders, the Polam lighting factory at Rzeszow, has already been shut down.• The crack cocaine epidemic has passed, and some of the worst offenders are imprisoned, mellowed or dead.

From Longman Business Dictionary

offenderof·fend·er /əˈfendə-ər/ noun [countableC]

1LAWsomeone who is guilty of a crime

Repeat offenders (=people who do something illegal several times) will face higher fines.

the sentencing of first-time offenders

a school for young offenders

2someone or something that does something bad

Discrimination specialists say small businesses are the worst offenders.

单词	offender
释义	offender Word family noun offense/offense offender offensive offensiveness offenceoffendressadjective offensive ≠ inoffensive offended offending offencefuloffencelessverb offend adverb offensively offendedly Related topics: Crime of·fend·er /əˈfendə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 SCCsomeone who is guilty of a crime 罪犯，有罪者，犯罪者 Community punishment is used for less serious offenders. 社区服务刑被用来处罚犯罪情节较轻者。 At 16, Scott was already a persistent offender (=someone who has been caught several times for committing crimes). 斯科特16岁时就已经是个惯犯了。 → first offender, sex offender, young offender 2 BADsomeone or something that is the cause of something bad 引发坏事的人[事物] Among causes of air pollution, car exhaust fumes may be the worst offender. 在造成空气污染的诸多因素中，汽车尾气可能是罪魁祸首。 Examples from the Corpus offender• If so the alleged offender may be held in custody to await trial.• drug offenders• The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders.• And persistent offenders face losing their licence.• Neoclassicism allowed that some offenders were less guilty than others because they were less responsible.• Wearing a body recorder and transmitter, he engaged in several conversations with the offenders in which they incriminated themselves.• The boy was imprisoned in the Northern Territory, which has the heaviest penalties for first-time property theft offenders.• First-time offenders will get a written warning.• Among the causes of heart disease, smoking and high-fat foods are the worst offenders.• Sentence: three years' detention in a young offender institution.• Putting young offenders into a prison or other custodial establishment does not deter them from offending.• The committee will investigate more effective ways of dealing with young offenders. persistent offender• I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders.• Good referees are quick to pick up on this and impose penalties for persistent offenders.• But the Government accepts that for persistent offenders some kind of youth detention must also be available to the courts.• This has alarmed the Local Government Ombudsman who would like powers to investigate persistent offenders.• He said one of his main concerns was the problem of persistent offenders.• The authority has warned that it will not hesitate to prosecute persistent offenders.• Male speaker I think the company should take action against the persistent offenders, not penalise everybody. the worst offender• In my experience, those long conditioned by Centralism are the worst offenders.• And patients are the worst offenders.• Uneaten food and other dead organic materials left in the tank are the worst offenders in pollution of the water.• In this connection some scientists are by far the worst offenders.• Yet Liquid Gold is by no means the worst offender.• One of the worst offenders, the Polam lighting factory at Rzeszow, has already been shut down.• The crack cocaine epidemic has passed, and some of the worst offenders are imprisoned, mellowed or dead. From Longman Business Dictionary offenderof·fend·er /əˈfendə-ər/ noun [countableC] 1LAWsomeone who is guilty of a crime Repeat offenders (=people who do something illegal several times) will face higher fines. the sentencing of first-time offenders a school for young offenders 2someone or something that does something bad Discrimination specialists say small businesses are the worst offenders.
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