recidivist
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·cid·i·vist /rɪˈsɪdɪvɪst/ noun [countable] technical SCCa criminal who starts doing illegal things again, even after he or she has been punished 累犯，惯犯 —recidivism noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
recidivist• Toxic substances and nutrients were the prime suspects along with the well-known recidivist, sedimentation.• Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.Origin recidivist (1800-1900) French récidiviste, from récidiver “to go back to bad behavior”, from Latin recidere, from cadere “to fall”re·cid·i·vist nounChineseSyllable
criminal a Corpus illegal again, starts things who doing
recidivist
re‧cid‧i‧vist /rɪˈsɪdəvəst, rɪˈsɪdɪvəst/
noun [countable] technical
—recidivism noun [uncountable]
re‧cid‧i‧vist /rɪˈsɪdəvəst, rɪˈsɪdɪvəst/
noun [countable] technical Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: récidiviste, from récidiver 'to go back to bad behavior', from Latin recidere, from cadere 'to fall'
a criminal who starts doing illegal things again, even after he or she has been punishedLanguage: French
Origin: récidiviste, from récidiver 'to go back to bad behavior', from Latin recidere, from cadere 'to fall'
—recidivism noun [uncountable]