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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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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)

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