recidivist
Meanings
Plural: recidivists
Noun
- someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
- someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
- One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.
Adj
- Tending to fall back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.
Origin / Etymology
From French récidiviste, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ist. By surface analysis, recidive + -ist.
Synonyms
backslider, habitual criminal, recidive, recidivous, repeat offender, repeater, reversionist
Scrabble Score: 16
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