Recidivist - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst|

Brit.
|rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst|

noun
- someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (syn: repeater)
- someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (syn: backslider, reversionist)
- someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (syn: backslider, reversionist)
Word forms
noun
singular: recidivist
plural: recidivists
singular: recidivist
plural: recidivists