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recidivist

/ri'sɪdɪvɪst/

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noun
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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habitual criminal repeater

type of:
malefactor crook felon criminal outlaw
noun
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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backslider reversionist

type of:
wrongdoer offender

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