Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recidivist"
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) 1.7 (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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