recidivist

Noun
  1. Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (synset 110531018)
    is a type of: criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    same as: habitual criminal, repeater
  2. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (synset 110530832)
    is a type of: offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
    same as: backslider, reversionist

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