recidivist
Plural: recidivists
Noun
- someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
- someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
- One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.
Adj
- Tending to fall back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.
Origin / Etymology
From French récidiviste, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ist. By surface analysis, recidive + -ist.
Synonyms
backslider, habitual criminal, repeater, reversionist, recidive, recidivous, repeat offender
Scrabble Score: 16
recidivist: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecidivist: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recidivist: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary