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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

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  1. 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