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recidivist

noun

1 recidivist

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

synonyms: habitual criminal, repeater.

Dutch: gewoontemisdadiger, recidivist
Polish: recydywista

2 recidivist

Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.

synonyms: backslider, reversionist.

Roget 607: change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought.    tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody; renunciation; abjuration, abjurement; defection etc. (relinquishment) ... show more

Dutch: gewoontemisdadiger, recidivist


Moby thesaurus: Adamic, Sabbath-breaker, apostate, atavistic, atheist, atheistic, backslider, backsliding, bad egg, bad lot, black sheep, blasphemer, blasphemous, bolter, carnal, collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defector, degenerate ... show more.

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