Associations to the word «Recidivist»
Noun
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Wiktionary
RECIDIVIST, noun. One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits; a repeat offender.
Dictionary definition
RECIDIVIST, noun. Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior).
RECIDIVIST, noun. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.