recidivist

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A tendency to recidivate.

[From recidivist, one who recidivates, from French récidiviste, from récidiver, to relapse, from Medieval Latin recidvre, from Latin recidvus, falling back, from recidere, to fall back : re-, re- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]

re·cidi·vist n.

re·cidi·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) habitual criminal, repeater 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 backslider, reversionist offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law

Translations

recidivist [rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst] N → reincidente mf

recidivist

n → Rückfällige(r) mf

adj → rückfällig

recidivist [rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst] n → recidivo/a

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A US student on Tuesday killed a recidivist burglar with a samurai sword, slicing off his left hand and severely cutting his neck after he spotted the intruder in his garage, police said.

US student turns samurai to slay burglar by AFP / AFP American Edition

Instead, he has allowed his recidivist MPs to undermine the Prime Minister just when folk need a Labour government.

TONY Blair signed off his premiership by The Mirror (London, England)

Government figures for England obtained by the Conservatives show that there were more than 4,000 suspensions has pointed out that this doesn't mean there were 4,000 children involved as some may have been suspended more than once, but this raises the alarming prospect of recidivist five-year olds.

Why can't teachers keep tiny tearaways in line? by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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