offending
Example Sentences
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Simons said public services "have to get better at recognising patterns of offending" before attackers become "emboldened".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Kerry remembers the night she first heard about Kebatu's offending, for which he was jailed and later deported.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
She added: "I think the scale of the offending, the length of time it had gone on for, showed that really this had become something of his business model."
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The letters urged both companies to take action against any offending sellers but didn’t address whether the platforms themselves had violated relevant laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
When the censor slices out the offending phrases on one side of the page, it creates a challenge on the opposite side as well.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
