recidivist

English

Etymology

From French récidiviste, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ist.

Pronunciation

• (weak vowel distinction) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪdɪvɪst/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsɪdəvɪst/

Noun

recidivist (plural recidivists)

1. One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.

   Synonym: repeat offender

   • 1914, R. Austin Freeman, chapter 2, in The Uttermost Farthing:

     This specimen was of English parentage, was a professional burglar, a confirmed recidivist, and—since he habitually carried firearms—a potential homicide.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Quarians: Law and Defense Codex entry:

     Persistent recidivists are "accidentally" left on the next habitable world. This practice of abandoning criminals on other people's planets is a point of friction between the quarians and the systems they pass through. Captains rarely have another choice; with space and resources at a premium, supporting a non-productive prison population is not an option.

Derived terms

• recidivistic

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱh₂d- (0 c, 32 e)

Translations

one who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits

• Czech: recidivista (cs) m
• Danish: recidivist c
• Dutch: recidivist (nl)
• French: récidiviste (fr) m or f
• German: Wiederholungstäter (de) m, Wiederholungstäterin (de) f
• Indonesian: residivis (id)
• Italian: recidivo (it) m
• Macedonian: рецидиви́ст m (recidivíst), рецидиви́стка f (recidivístka)
• Manx: cooyl-skyrraghtagh m, aahuittymagh m
• Polish: recydywista (pl) m, recydywistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: reincidente m or f, recidivista m or f
• Russian: рецидиви́ст (ru) m (recidivíst), рецидиви́стка (ru) m du (recidivístka) (of crime only)
• Spanish: reincidente (es) m or f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récidiviste.

Noun

recidivist m (plural recidiviști)

1. recidivist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	recidivist	recidivistul		recidiviști	recidiviștii
genitive-dative	recidivist	recidivistului		recidiviști	recidiviștilor
vocative	recidivistule			recidiviștilor