overoffend

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verb

To commit more crime than is normal or expected.

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Meanings

verboveroffend (third-person singular simple present overoffends, present participle overoffending, simple past and past participle overoffended)

present singular third person overoffends · participle present overoffending · participle past overoffended · past overoffended

  1. intransitiveTo commit more crime than is normal or expected.
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    2018, James D. Unnever, Shaun L. Gabbidon, Cecilia Chouhy, Building a Black Criminology, Volume 24: Race, Theory, and Crime We also agree with Russell (1992) that a Black Criminology is as warranted as a feminist criminology, especially given that women disproportionately underoffend, whereas according to the official statistics, African Americans disproportionately overoffend […]

Origin

From over- + offend.

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APA

overoffend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoffend

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“overoffend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoffend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overoffend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoffend.

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