repeat offender
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repeat offender
noun repeat offenders
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A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
Similar: recidivist, reoffender, career criminal
- One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions. At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title.
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noun repeat offender — see also recidivist
| Español | reincidente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 慣犯 /惯犯 guànfàn |
| Português | reincidente |
| Français | récidiviste |
| Deutsch | Mehrfachtäter, Mehrfachtäterin, Wiederholungstäter, Wiederholungstäterin |
| Русский | рецидиви́ст recidivíst, рецидиви́стка recidivístka |
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title = {repeat offender},
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