 recidivist |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) | |
| Synonyms: | habitual_criminal repeater | |
| Related terms: | criminal duplicate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | |
| Synonyms: | reversionist backslider | |
| Related terms: | wrongdoer lapse | |
| Similar spelling: |
recidivism recidivate reactivity |
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