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Recidivist

re·cid·i·vism (r-sd-vzm)

n.

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

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Word of the Day 7.25.9

Recidivist

re·cid·i·vism (r-sd-vzm)

n.

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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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

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Recidivist

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n.

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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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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

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re·cid·i·vism (r-sd-vzm)

[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.]