recidivous

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re·cid·i·vism

R0082700 (rĭ-sĭd′ə-vĭz′əm)n. The repeating of or returning to criminal behavior by the same offender or type of offender.
[From recidivist, one who recidivates, from French récidiviste, from récidiver, to relapse, from Medieval Latin recidīvāre, from Latin recidīvus, falling back, from recidere, to fall back : re-, re- + cadere, to fall; see kad- in Indo-European roots.]
re·cid′i·vist n.re·cid′i·vis′tic, re·cid′i·vous adj.