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were offending
verb
To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
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"They were offending Catholics".
You think: 'Oh my God, these people were offending almost in open sight and no one thought to intervene.'" Liz Dux, a lawyer representing 74 of Savile's victims, said Smith had been forensic in her examination of witnesses and her report was likely to cause serious concerns for those at the top of the organisation.
"Many of my clients explain that even as they were offending all they wanted was help but didn't know where to access it," she says.
It is akin to the unfolding of the sexual abuses discovered within the Catholic Church -- there were offending clergy as well a system complicit in keeping these attitudes and behaviors in the shadows, protecting the perpetrators, ensuring further victimization.
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Still, the farmers were offended.
Many were offended and are offended even now.
"But other people were offended by it.
"People were offended," Mr. Goldgrub said.
His austere religious views were offended.
Chinese officials were offended, then dismissive.
Franchisees were offended.
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