Synonyms of offenders

offenders

noun

plural of offender

as in criminals

a person who has committed a crime

juvenile offenders have their criminal records sealed when they turn 18

Synonyms & Similar Words

• criminals
• culprits
• lawbreakers
• defendants
• perpetrators
• miscreants
• guns
• suspects
• crooks
• malefactors
• misdemeanants
• convicts
• accomplices
• principals
• villains
• thugs
• trespassers
• outlaws
• recidivists
• wrongdoers
• jailbirds
• sinners
• transgressors
• desperadoes
• perps
• fish
• gangsters
• racketeers
• hoodlums
• hooligans
• detainees
• arrestees
• backsliders
• mobsters
• evildoers
• enforcers
• triggermen
• accused
• misdoers
• gunsels
• blackhanders
• misfeasors
• relapsers
• gallows birds
• button men
• gunmen
• repeaters
• hit men

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of offenders

The prosecutor’s office stated that the Supreme Court could have applied a different interpretation of the law to ensure certain offenders remained on the public list. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Wiener has passed laws protecting net neutrality, capping prescription costs and mandating mental health parity, ending mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, and requiring corporations disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Any attempt to relieve the pressure on prisons shifts onto the probation service, which monitors offenders serving their sentence in the community. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Assembly Bill 1546 strengthens criminal penalties for repeat DUI offenders. — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

More often than not, this audit finds the larger offenders causing the retention problem. — Kellie Lauth, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Five offenders entered a Green Oaks business early Wednesday and used crowbars and sledgehammers to break into gaming machines, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Juvenile offenders will be offered opportunities to participate in safety diversion programs. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026

One of the spots yielded a full DNA profile, but there was no match in CODIS, law enforcement’s national database of offenders. — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026