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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Recidivist

/(rē̇*sĭd"ĭ*vĭst)/ · Re·cid·i·vist · IPA /ɹɪˈsɪdɪvɪst/
01 n. One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal.
  1. 1.
    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.” — Havelock Ellis.