offender
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++of·fend·er /əˈfendə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] 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 offender2 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 Dictionaryoffenderof‧fend‧er /əˈfendə-ər/ noun [countable]1LAWsomeone who is guilty of a crimeRepeat offenders (=people who do something illegal several times) will face higher fines.the sentencing of first-time offendersa school for young offenders2someone or something that does something badDiscrimination specialists say small businesses are the worst offenders.of·fend·er nounChineseSyllable
is a someone Corpus who guilty crime of Business
offender
of‧fend‧er /əˈfendə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
Community punishment is used for less serious offenders.
At 16, Scott was already a persistent offender (=someone who has been caught several times for committing crimes). ⇨ first offender, sex offender, young offender
2. someone or something that is the cause of something bad:
Among causes of air pollution, car exhaust fumes may be the worst offender.
▪ criminal someone who is involved in illegal activities or has been proved guilty of a crime. Criminal is used especially about someone who often does things that are illegal: Criminals are stealing people's credit card details off the Internet. | He is one of the most wanted criminals in the United States.
▪offender someone who breaks the law: The courts should impose tougher punishments on offenders. | a special prison for young offenders
▪crook informal a dishonest person, especially one who steals money and who you cannot trust: Some politicians are crooks, but not all of them. | They're just a bunch of crooks.
▪felon law especially American English someone who has committed a serious crime: Convicted felons should not be allowed to profit from their crimes.
▪the culprit the person who has done something wrong or illegal: The culprits were never found. | If I ever catch the culprit, he or she is in big trouble. | The culprits were just six years old.
▪delinquent a young person who behaves badly and is likely to commit crimes - used especially in the phrase juvenile delinquent: He later worked with juvenile delinquents in a Florida youth services program.
▪accomplice someone who helps a criminal to do something illegal: Police believe the murderer must have had an accomplice.
of‧fend‧er /əˈfendə $ -ər/
noun [countable] Word Family: noun: OFFENSE/OFFENSE, offender, offensive, offensiveness; adjective: offensive ≠ inoffensive, offended, offending; verb: offend; adverb: offensively
1. someone who is guilty of a crime: 2. someone or something that is the cause of something bad:
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