abused vs offending

abused

adj
  • Overused; used profligately or in excess. 

  • Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence. 

offending

noun
  • The act of committing an offence. 

adj
  • Responsible; to be blamed. 

How often have the words abused and offending occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )