Offender
/əˈfen.də(ɹ)/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a person who transgresses moral or civil law wordnet
- 3 A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Example
More examples"Such conduct would subject the offender to a heavy penalty."
Etymology
From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.