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recidivist

n.惯犯

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recidivist为短语/超纲词汇

recidivist


/rɪ'sɪdɪvɪst; rɪ`sɪdəvɪst/
n person who commitscrimes repeatedly and seems unable to be cured of criminal tendencies; persistent offender 本性难移的惯犯; 累犯.

recidivist


n[C]technical
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French;Origin: récidiviste, from récidiver 'to go back to bad behavior', from Latin recidere, from cadere 'to fall']
a criminal who starts doing illegal things again, even after he or she has been punished
>recidivismn[U]