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offender

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Số nhiều: offenders

The term carries a heavy legal weight when used in a judicial context, evoking images of courtrooms, prisons, and police reports. It categorizes a person by their crime, stripping away other identity markers to focus purely on the violation of a law. In a social or casual setting, the word is often used with a touch of irony or mild exaggeration. Calling someone a rule-offender for taking a long lunch break shifts the tone from criminal to mischievous, highlighting a breach of etiquette rather than a breach of law.

Used to count individual people who have committed a crime or a social faux pas.

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Danh từ

A person who commits an illegal act.

"The first-time offender was given a light sentence."

Danh từ

A person who behaves in a way that is annoying or unacceptable.

"He is a frequent offender when it comes to interrupting people in meetings."

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