recidivist

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.

   “This specimen was of English parentage, was a professional burglar, a confirmed recidivist, and—since he habitually carried firearms—a potential homicide.”

2. sıfat Tending to fall back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.

   “Court programs, a comparatively recent innovation in the rehabilitation of drunkenness offenders, originally stemmed from the interest of individual judges and magistrates concerned about the treadmill of waste among recidivist alcoholics.”