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

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said offending on the scale of Carrick's "must never happen again" after he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 32 years in 2023.

From BBC

Her one condition, delivered in the haughty tone of an offended aristocrat, was that they sign a note guaranteeing repayment for the damage.

From The Wall Street Journal