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Recidivist

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
backsliderrepeaterreversionist
plural
Recidivists
possessive
Recidivist's
pluralpossessive
Recidivists'