nnoun.personsomeone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)Synset:habitual criminal repeater
Derivationally Related Form:repeatrecidivism
Hypernyms:criminal crook felon malefactor outlaw
Inherited Hypernyms:recidivistcriminalprincipalwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:recidivistcriminalprincipalwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.personsomeone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behaviorSynset:backslider reversionist
Derivationally Related Form:recidivismbackslide
Hypernyms:offender wrongdoer
Inherited Hypernyms:recidivistwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:recidivistwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity