offend

Definitions


[əˈfɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
(e.g: 17 per cent of viewers said they had been offended by bad language)

- commit an illegal act
(e.g: a small hard core of young criminals who offend again and again)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French offendre, from Latin offendere ‘strike against’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries