recidivist > define
noun
- Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior.
- synonyms: repeater, habitual criminal
- Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
- synonyms: backslider, reversionist
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary