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recidivist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recidivist \Re*cid"i*vist\, n. One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal. -- {Re*cid`i*vis"tic}, a. The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him his crime is a solitary event in his life. --Havelock Ellis. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recidivist n 1: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) [syn: {repeater}, {habitual criminal}] 2: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior [syn: {backslider}, {reversionist}]
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