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Recidivist

nounid 123202·updated May 18, 2026
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someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
backsliderrepeaterreversionist
plural
Recidivists
possessive
Recidivist's
pluralpossessive
Recidivists'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
§2
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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