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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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

The 24-year-old man and 25-year-old woman were also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

It has rejected his advice to retain a restriction on volunteer magistrates that means they can only jail an offender for 12 months.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Any municipal jail, he figured, expects many of their prisoners to leave within a day or two, through bonds or dropped charges or any number of outcomes for the small-time offender.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

In a judicial response of unprecedented firmness, courts have already sent 217 people, half of them first-time offenders, to prison over the events on Saturday, Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales, Claire Waxman OBE, said the announcement follows "tireless efforts of victims' families" not accepting offenders simply "opting out of facing justice".

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Last year, Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala, Ohio, warned visitors it would call the sheriff’s office on offenders who hid their pickings at checkout, reporting apple thefts of $80, $160 and $400 at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

At the time of the hurricane, Marlin Gusman, sheriff of Orleans parish, knew that there was a chance that the Orleans Parish Prison, where most offenders were kept while awaiting trial, would flood.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers


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