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Recidivist   Listen
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Recidivist  n.  One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal. "The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life."






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"Recidivist" Quotes from Famous Books



... revocation, revokement[obs3]; reversal; repentance &c. 950- redintegratio amoris[Lat]. coquetry; vacillation &c. 605; backsliding; volte-face[Fr]. turn coat, turn tippet|; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U. S.], scab*, mugwump [U. S.], recidivist. time server, time pleaser[obs3]; timist|, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter[obs3]; weathercock &c. (changeable) 149; Janus. V. change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from &c. (relinquish) 624; waver, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... the same prisoner of what seem to have been typical stupor are reported by Kutner[18] and Chotzen.[19] The patient was a recidivist of unstable mental make-up. At the age of 34 he was sent to prison for three years. Shortly after confinement began, he became stuporous, being mute and negativistic, soiling, refusing food and showing stereotypy. ...
— Benign Stupors - A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type • August Hoch



Words linked to "Recidivist" :   habitual criminal, offender, reversionist, malefactor, felon, backslider, repeater, criminal, crook



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