offender

Meaning

1. One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong.
2. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.

Synonyms

criminal

culprit

transgressor

delinquent

wrongdoer

violator

felon

lawbreaker

trespasser

attacker

malefactor

crook

guilty

law-breaker

malfeasant

miscreant

nefarious

offended

offending

peccant

perpetrator

ringleader

scofflaw

sinned

thug

misdoer

law breaker

infractor

infinger

aggressor

malfeasor

assailant

author

bagman

culpable

defaulter

felonious

infringer

initiator

injurer

instigator

insulter

invader

Translations

Täter

délinquant

infractor

contrevenant

Angreifer

infractor

φταίχτης

delincuente

offenseur

Verbrecher

contravventore

malfaiteur

delinquente

ένοχος

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Etymology

From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er.