recidivist

English Thesaurus

1. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun.person)

hypernym	:	offender, wrongdoer,
definition	:	a person who transgresses moral or civil law (noun.person)

2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw,
definition	:	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime (noun.person)

3. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

4. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (noun.person)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate,
definition	:	make or do or perform again (verb.creation)

5. someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun.person)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	backslide, lapse,
definition	:	drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards (verb.change)

6. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (noun.person)

derivation	:	recidivism,
definition	:	habitual relapse into crime (noun.act)

derivation	:	double, duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate,
definition	:	make or do or perform again (verb.creation)