Meaning of RECIDIVIST
| Pronunciation: | | ree'sidivist
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- [n] someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
- [n] someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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| | Synonyms: | | backslider, habitual criminal, repeater, reversionist |
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| | See Also: | | criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, offender, outlaw, wrongdoer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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