re·cid·i·vism (r -sd  -vz m)n. A tendency to recidivate. [From recidivist, one who recidivates, from French récidiviste, from récidiver, to relapse, from Medieval Latin recid  v re, from Latin recidvus, falling back, from recidere, to fall back : re-, re- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]re·cid i·vist n.re·cid i·vistic, re·cidi·vous adj. |
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| Noun | 1. | recidivist - someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
| 2. | recidivist - someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior |
Translations
recidivist [rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst] n → recidivo/a
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