recidivist

A second offender; a "habitual criminal"; often subject to extended terms of imprisonment under habitual offender statutes. See sentence [extended term].

(rĭ-sĭd'ə-vĭst)
n.

A person who relapses, especially by returning to criminal behavior.

a habitual criminal (one who relapses)

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
  Synonyms: repeater, habitual criminal

Meaning #2: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
  Synonyms: backslider, reversionist

---

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vaneforbryder
adj. - vaneforbryder-

Français (French)
n. - récidiviste
adj. - récidiviste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückfälliger
adj. - rückfällig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νομ.) υπότροπος, εγκληματίας καθ' υποτροπήν

Italiano (Italian)
recidivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reincidente (m)

Русский (Russian)
рецидивист

Español (Spanish)
n. - delincuente reincidente
adj. - reincidente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återfallsförbrytare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
再犯, 累犯, 惯犯, 重犯的, 累犯的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 再犯, 累犯, 慣犯
adj. - 重犯的, 累犯的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재범자, 상습범
adj. - 상습범인의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 常習犯

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוזר לסורו, פושע ללא תקנה, בדוקאי‬
adj. - ‮חוזר לסורו‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.