overoffend

Etymology

From over- + offend.

overoffend means to commit more crime than is normal or expected. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.

verb

To commit more crime than is normal or expected.“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 […]”