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{
"term": "offender",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who commits a crime",
"labels": "(rather formal)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **persistent/serious/violent, etc. offender**"
},
{
"text": "a young offender institution"
},
{
"text": "He favours tougher punishments for repeat offenders."
},
{
"text": "He spent some time in a young offender institution."
},
{
"text": "Persistent offenders risk losing their licence."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["alleged", "convicted", "first"],
"verb + offender": ["sentence"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or thing that does something wrong",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The report on sexual discrimination at work shows that some of the worst offenders are women."
},
{
"text": "When it comes to pollution, the chemical industry is a major offender."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["main", "worst"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfendə(r)/",
"audio": "of/offender/offender__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈfendər/",
"audio": "of/offender/offender__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}