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offending
adjective as in delinquent
adjective as in errant
adjective as in guilty
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- accusable
- caught
- censurable
- censured
- chargeable
- condemned
- conscience-stricken
- contrite
- convictable
- criminal
- damned
- delinquent
- depraved
- doomed
- erring
- evil
- felonious
- hangdog
- impeached
- in error
- in the wrong
- incriminated
- iniquitous
- judged
- licentious
- on one's head
- out of line
- proscribed
- regretful
- reprehensible
- rueful
- sentenced
- sheepish
- sinful
- wicked
adjective as in offensive
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adjective as in opprobrious
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- abasing
- calumniatory
- contemptuous
- contumelious
- damaging
- debasing
- defamatory
- defaming
- denigrating
- depreciative
- derogative
- despicable
- despiteful
- detractive
- disgracing
- dishonoring
- disparaging
- humiliating
- hurting
- injuring
- injurious
- insolent
- insulting
- invective
- libeling
- malevolent
- malign
- malignant
- maligning
- notorious
- offensive
- pejorative
- reproaching
- reviling
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shaming
- spiteful
- truculent
- vile
- vitriolic
- vituperative
- vulgar
adjective as in scurrilous
Example Sentences
He also said a complaint led to Burrows being kicked out of the Scouts in 1994, but "they didn't bring it to the attention of the police", and Burrows' offending continued until 1996.
Of course, the onus should be on the offending party to confront their own biases and behaviors.
It also noted that there had historically been "serious criminal offending associated with the parade" and urged the organisers and participants to make every effort to seek to prevent a recurrence.
The Parades Commission said it noted that, historically, there had been serious criminal offending associated with this parade.
In the US, analysis from 2016 of a recidivism tool found black defendants were more likely than their white peers to be incorrectly judged to be at higher risk of repeat offending.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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