RECIDIVIST
recidivist (ri-sid-<<schwa>>-vist), n. One who has been convicted of multiple criminal
offenses, usu. similar in nature; a repeat offender <proponents of prison reform argue that prisons
don’t cure the recidivist>. — Also termed habitual offender; habitual criminal; repeater; career
criminal. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 1200. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 1638–1639, 1641.] [Blacks Law 8th]