Thesaurus: recidivist

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1. n. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
2. n. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
3. One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal. -- Re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a. The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life. Havelock Ellis.
4. One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; anincorrigible criminal. -- Re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a.
5. n:100 n. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) n. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior