English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Anglo-Norman offendour
Pronunciation [ edit ] offender (plural offenders
One who gives or causes offense , or does something wrong.
1961 March, Warren Smith, “The problems of train regulation - a study of operation at Trent”, in Trains Illustrated , page 169:Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual.
A person who commits an offense against the law , a lawbreaker . Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] one who gives or causes offense
a person who commits an offense against the law
Arabic: جَانٍ (ar) ( jānin )
Belarusian: злачынец m ( zlačynjec )
Bulgarian: престъпник (bg) m ( prestǎpnik )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 罪犯 (zh) ( zuìfàn ) , 犯罪分子 ( fànzuì fènzǐ )
Czech: zločinec (cs) m
Dutch: schuldige (nl) m or f
Finnish: syyllinen (fi)
French: contrevenant (fr) m
German: Täter (de) m
Hungarian: jogsértő bűnöző (hu) , bűnelkövető
Indonesian: pelanggar (id)
Irish: ciontóir m
Italian: contravventore m corrigendo (it) m ( young )
Japanese: 罪人 (ja) ( ざいにん, zainin ) , 犯罪者 (ja) ( はんざいしゃ, hanzaisha )
Manx: foiljagh m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lovbryter m
Persian: خاطی (fa) ( xâti ) , قانونشکن ( qânun-šekan )
Polish: przestępca (pl) m
Portuguese: transgressor (pt) m criminoso (pt) m
Russian: престу́пник (ru) m ( prestúpnik ) , престу́пница (ru) f ( prestúpnica ) , правонаруши́тель (ru) m ( pravonarušítelʹ ) , правонаруши́тельница (ru) f ( pravonarušítelʹnica )
Scottish Gaelic: ciontach m
Spanish: delincuente (es) m ofensor (es) m
Swedish: gärningsman (sv) m or c gärningskvinna (sv) f or c ( uncommon )
Telugu: అపరాధి (te) ( aparādhi ) , నేరస్థుడు (te) m ( nērasthuḍu )
Welsh: pechadur m
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