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Hhtt Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
criminal v. felon v. culprit v. delinquent v. offender
I have some problems to understand differences between words of criminal, culprit, delinquent, felon, offender.
I would like to discuss them via a few examples. Would you like to help?
Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex offender in their midst. (original)
Which of following can we say instead of the original?
1) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex criminal in their midst
2 Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex culprit in their midst
3) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex delinquent in their midst
4) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex felon in their midst
Source: http://www.vidqt.com/id/BEl459tE4MI?lang=en
Thank you.
I would like to discuss them via a few examples. Would you like to help?
Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex offender in their midst. (original)
Which of following can we say instead of the original?
1) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex criminal in their midst
2 Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex culprit in their midst
3) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex delinquent in their midst
4) Reporter: ...continue to protest the presence of a convicted sex felon in their midst
Source: http://www.vidqt.com/id/BEl459tE4MI?lang=en
Thank you.
Top answer
Hi In the UK, you rarely hear culprit or felon. They are understood but they're not widely used 'Delinquent' usually means someone guilty of quite minor crimes. For example, it may be a young person who steals from shops 'Criminal' will work there.
- Hi In the UK, you rarely hear culprit or felon.
- They are understood but they're not widely used 'Delinquent' usually means someone guilty of quite minor crimes.
- For example, it may be a young person who steals from shops 'Criminal' will work there.
- However '*** offender', as a phrase, is exactly understood in that context.
- It is the phrase most commonly used there Dave
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Hi
In the UK, you rarely hear culprit or felon. They are understood but they're not widely used
'Delinquent' usually means someone guilty of quite minor crimes. For example, it may be a young person who steals from shops
'Criminal' will work there. However '*** offender', as a phrase, is exactly understood in that context. It is the phrase most commonly used there
In the UK, you rarely hear culprit or felon. They are understood but they're not widely used
'Delinquent' usually means someone guilty of quite minor crimes. For example, it may be a young person who steals from shops
'Criminal' will work there. However '*** offender', as a phrase, is exactly understood in that context. It is the phrase most commonly used there
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dave_anonHiIn the UK, you rarely hear culprit or felon. They are understood but they're not widely used'Delinquent' usually means someone guilty of quite minor crimes. For example, it may be a young person who steals from shops'Criminal' will work there. However '*** offender', as a phrase, is exactly understood in that context. It is the phrase most commonly used thereDa
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Not in the UK: none of those sound right. If you google it, the phrase you find is '*** offender'
Dave
Not in the UK: none of those sound right. If you google it, the phrase you find is '*** offender'
Dave
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