offend

Example Sentences

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Referees are told to wait until an offending player is back on their feet before they show a card.

From BBC

Meanwhile the 20-minute red card is designed to make sure that the offending player is punished rather than the paying punter.

From BBC

It's clear the government needs to navigate these issues thoroughly to avoid the revolving door of offending, conviction and jail.

From BBC

“He offended people right and left, making as much of an art out of the cutting aside as the perfectly cut double-face gown,” New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman wrote soon after Lagerfeld’s death.

From Seattle Times

The UK government defines it as "behaviour that makes someone feel intimidated or offended".

From BBC