sex offender

[ seks uh-fen-der ]

noun

1. a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sex offender¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

He was sentenced to a community order, ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, put on the sex offenders register for three years and told to take part in a sex offenders programme.

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Savile was one of Britain’s most notorious and prolific sex offenders.

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The man behind the infamous Wonka experience in Glasgow has been put on the sex offenders register after bombarding a woman with explicit pictures.

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The police were heavily criticised for their failure to deal with these incidents, which could have identified him as a sex offender.

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Mr Khalife previously told jurors he escaped from prison so he would be kept in a high security unit away from "sex offenders" and "terrorists" who wanted to harm him.

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