offender

English

Alternative forms

offendor (obsolete)
offendour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman offendour.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

Noun

offender (plural offenders)

One who gives or causes offense.
A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:criminal

Derived terms

juvenile offender
repeat offender

Translations

one who gives or causes offense

German: Täter (de) m
Portuguese: ofensor (pt) m

Russian: оби́дчик (ru) m (obídčik), оби́дчица (ru) f (obídčica)
Spanish: ofensor (es) m

a person who commits an offense against the law

Arabic: جَانٍ‎ (ar) (jānin)
Belarusian: злачынец m (zlačynjec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪犯 (zh) (zuìfàn), 犯罪分子 (fànzuì fènzǐ)
Czech: zločinec (cs) m
Dutch: schuldige (nl) m or f
Finnish: syyllinen (fi)
French: contrevenant (fr) m
German: Täter (de) m
Hungarian: jogsértő, bűnöző (hu), bűnelkövető
Indonesian: pelanggar (id)
Irish: ciontóir m
Italian: contravventore m, corrigendo m (young)

Japanese: 罪人 (ja) (ざいにん, zainin), 犯罪者 (はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha)
Manx: foiljagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovbryter m
Polish: przestępca (pl) m
Portuguese: transgressor (pt) m, criminoso (pt) m
Russian: престу́пник (ru) m (prestúpnik), престу́пница (ru) f (prestúpnica), правонаруши́тель (ru) m (pravonarušítelʹ), правонаруши́тельница (ru) f (pravonarušítelʹnica)
Scottish Gaelic: ciontach m
Spanish: delincuente (es) m, ofensor (es) m
Swedish: gärningsman (sv) m or c, gärningskvinna (sv) f or c (uncommon)
Telugu: అపరాధి (te) (aparādhi), నేరస్థుడు (te) m (nērasthuḍu)
Welsh: pechadur m

Anagrams

forefend, reoffend

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