offender

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT An offender is a person who has committed a crime. 罪犯
The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released. 当局通常知道性犯罪者被释放后还会再犯。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to someone or something which you think is causing a problem as an offender. 制造麻烦者; 造成麻烦之物
The plant's leaves can often turn brown, and I sometimes cut off the worst offenders. 那种植物的叶子常会变成褐色，我有时会把最有问题的剪掉。

She is a persistent offender and has been arrested five times this year for shoplifting .
Tougher prison sentences may act /serve as a deterrent to other would-be offenders.
Here at the special school we make every effort to socialize these young offenders.
We're searching for a couple of runaways from the young offenders' institution .
Instead of simply punishing them, the system encourages offenders to modify their behaviour .