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WordBand 6–7Toofey picks
offender
/əˈfɛndə/
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
- “First-time offenders may receive community service instead of prison.”Toofey
- “He even suspected that the man was the principal offender.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))