offending
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offending
Noun[edit]
offending (plural offendings)
- The act of committing an offence.
- 2004, Rebecca S. Shoemaker, The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy (page 249)
- There are, besides, other corporations and individuals more or less connected in the activities of the other defendants, that are alleged to be instruments or accomplices in their activities and offendings […]
- 2004, Rebecca S. Shoemaker, The White Court: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy (page 249)
Adjective[edit]
offending (not comparable)
- Responsible; to be blamed.
- Something in the fridge smelled terrible. The offending article was soon identified and removed.
- 2017 November 10, Aaron Mak, “This Hilarious Chatbot Messes with Scammers for You”, in Slate[1]:
- According to Netsafe, scammers send out a bunch of emails, hoping to snag a few gullible people, but simply deleting the offending email won’t do anything to impede the con.
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- offending at OneLook Dictionary Search
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