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recidivist

[ri-si-duhv-ist] / rɪˈsɪ dəvˌɪst /


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It will, however, create additional programming for TV, more advertising, revenue, opportunities for recidivist gamblers, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

He died a week ago for want of $500 to make a $5,000 bond, held as a recidivist for allegedly shoplifting a $24 pair of pants and a $20 electric shaver from Walmart in July.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2023

Put simply, Wells Fargo is a corporate recidivist that puts one third of American households at risk of harm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

Being cast out by society is all that Hans — a recidivist if ever there was one — seems to have known.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022

When the subject under examination is a recidivist, care should be taken to ascertain at what age and under what circumstances the initial offence was committed.

From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Gina Lombroso


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