{
    "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
}