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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
first offender — first offenders N COUNT A first offender is a person who has been found guilty of a crime for the first time … English dictionary
first offender — n. a person convicted for the first time of an offense against the law … English World dictionary
first offender — noun someone convicted for the first time • Hypernyms: ↑convict * * * noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] law : a person who is convicted for the first time of committing a crime Because he was a first offender, he was put on probation rather than sentenced… … Useful english dictionary
first offender — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms first offender : singular first offender plural first offenders legal someone who has committed their first crime … English dictionary
first offender — first of fender n someone who is guilty of breaking the law for the first time … Dictionary of contemporary English
first offender — first of fender noun count someone who has committed their first crime … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
first offender — first′ offend′er n. law a person convicted of an offense for the first time … From formal English to slang
first offender — noun Date: 1849 one convicted of an offense for the first time … New Collegiate Dictionary
first offender — a person convicted of an offense of law for the first time. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
first offender — person who has committed a crime for the first time … English contemporary dictionary
