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recidivist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | habitual criminal, repeater |
| Type of | malefactor, crook, felon, criminal, outlaw |
| Derivation | recidivism |
recidivist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | backslider, reversionist |
| Type of | wrongdoer, offender |
| Derivation | recidivism |
Examples of recidivist
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Cooke, the Pittsburgh recidivist, is an outcast through the first round of the playoffs.
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There are a number of lessons to be drawn from these histories of recidivist uprisings.
From the economist.com
Further, recidivist offences were less invasive and less brutal than without the program.
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Scalia is not the only culprit, but he may be the leading recidivist.
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These are goals that American Indians want, not these sort of conflict and recidivist dreams.
From the economist.com
I am a recidivist sucker for efforts to forge bipartisan solutions.
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Most people are fed up, he says, with recidivist drink drivers.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Attitudes of those recidivist offenders will soon be readjusted.
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The Transport Agency plans to take recidivist toll evaders on the Northern Gateway road to court.
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- Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
- Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
- (recidivism) habitual relapse into crime
- Recidivism (/ru1D7Bu02C8su026Adu1D7Bvu026Azu0259m/; from recidive and ism, from Latin recidu012Bvus "recurring", from re- "back" and cadu014D "I fall") is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they had either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or had been trained to extinguish that behavior...
- (Recidivism (medicine)) In medicine, recidivism is the characteristic of many diseases to recur, with a period in between of regression (medicine).
- A repeat offender; One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits
- (recidivism) Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime; Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior
- (Recidivism) Return or relapse to a type of behavior, such as drug taking.
- (Recidivism) Likelihood of being found guilty of a new offense or failing to abide by terms of probation or parole (Bureau of Justice Statistics-United States Recidivism Rates)
