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Offender

//əˈfen.də(ɹ)// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.

    "Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual."

  2. 2
    a person who transgresses moral or civil law wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Etymology

From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.

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