offender

Example Sentences

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The Joseph P. Kennedy isn’t even close to the biggest offender of this grotesque phenomenon.

From Salon

A 39-year-old woman, Naomi Heavens from Manchester, was also convicted on assisting an offender.

From BBC

Of this lineup of serial offenders, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty had prior convictions, mostly for communism, and only Barthes had a sense of humor.

From The Wall Street Journal

They're usually aimed at first-time offenders but guidelines state there must be a clear admission of guilt and they must have the victim's agreement.

From BBC

A director of a juvenile offenders institution, who asked to remain anonymous, said the only hope was to remove the young people from criminal environments "and take care of them".

From Barron's