Dictionary

repeat offender en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
2. One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
   • At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title. 2011, Jeff Reid, Cat-Dependent No More, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

repeat offend

Relateds

recidivism · three-strikes law · zero tolerance · three strikes and you're out

Synonyms

career criminal · recidivist · reoffender

Translations (24)

cmn 慣犯 /惯犯 (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · de Wiederholungstäter (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · nl recidivist (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · pt reincidente (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · de Mehrfachtäter (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · sv återfallsförbrytare (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · cs recidivista (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · ru рецидиви́ст (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · sv recidivist (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · nl recidiviste (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · id bramacorah (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · id penjahat kambuhan (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · mk рецидиви́стка (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · pl recydywistka (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · ru рецидиви́стка (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · id residivis (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · nl draaideurcrimineel (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · de Wiederholungstäterin (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · fi uusintarikollinen (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · pl recydywista (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · de Mehrfachtäterin (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · mk рецидиви́ст (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · es reincidente (repeat offender — see also recidivist) · fr récidiviste (repeat offender — see also recidivist)