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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recidivist, repeater, habitual criminalnoun

    someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

  2. recidivist, backslider, reversionistnoun

    someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

Wiktionary

  1. recidivistnoun

    One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits; a repeat offender.

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  1. recidivist

    A recidivist is a person who continues to commit crimes even after they have been caught and punished. The term is often used in the context of criminal behavior and the criminal justice system, where it refers to individuals who habitually or repeatedly relapse into crime, often despite attempts at rehabilitation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of recidivist in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of recidivist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of recidivist in a Sentence

  1. Charles Krauthammer:

    On Monday, a federal district court judge appointed by Obama made a ruling opposing, and essentially saying, calling illegal EPA regulations on fracking. The rebuke was a rather strong one. It was almost as if the judge was instructing a middle school class on the constitution, [The president is] a recidivist on this issue, and he needed to be slapped down again.

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