- 1. n. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) Source: wordnet
- 2. n. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 4. One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; anincorrigible criminal. -- Re*cid`i*vis"tic (#), a. Source: adambom
- 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 Source: ecdict
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