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offender

[uh-fen-der] / əˈfɛn dər /


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It follows a predictable pattern: deny the harm, attack the credibility of the person who named the harm, and reverse the roles of victim and offender.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Several other people have been arrested in connection with the incident, including two men, aged 24 and 30, and two women, aged 25 and 21, who have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Last week, the Bulwark reported that one of his campaign ads featured Ramaswamy meeting with a registered sex offender.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Readings include a former president’s lecture about gender at Harvard, as well as the school’s own reports on its legacy of slavery and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to the university.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

If someone calls Sasha by the wrong name, the card instructed, the offender must discard a card from his/her hand.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

In August, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said fines for fly-tipping would increase from £300 to £5,000 and offenders could be given up to nine points on their driving licence.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Courts have already sent 217 people, half of them first-time offenders, to prison over the events on Saturday, officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Bafflingly, repertory screenings are where I’ve run into some of the worst offenders.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

ICE, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has defended its arrests near courthouses as a “common sense” approach to apprehending offenders at times and locations where authorities know they will be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Visiting valets, I have found, are often the worst offenders, aspiring as they usually do to the position of butler with some urgency.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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