offender
part of speech
noun (an offender, offenders)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who has broken the law or done a crime. tree →
2) A person or thing that causes a problem or does something wrong: «The worst offender for noise was the dog.» tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a person judged guilty of a wrong, a sinner, or someone who is falsely accused. In the primary lessons: In law, news and citizenship lessons: «young offenders», «first-time offender», «repeat offender». In everyday talk, people joke about the «worst offender» for leaving dishes or being late. It tells the reader someone has done wrong.
examples
- Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.' (Prophets 1KI.1.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- That make a man an offender by words, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought. (Prophets ISA.29.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- The police caught the offender near the station. tree →
- Young offenders may be given community work instead of prison. tree →
- He was a first-time offender, so the judge gave him a warning. tree →
- In our house, the worst offender for leaving lights on is my brother. tree →
- Repeat offenders are people who keep breaking the law. tree →
- Fizzy drinks are the main offender for bad teeth. tree →
- The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender. tree →
note
Countable. From the verb «offend» (to break a law, or to upset someone). Related: offence (UK, Ireland, Australia) / offense (US). Use «an» before it. Trap: «offended» means upset, not the same as being an offender.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «offender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.