Usually means: Person who repeatedly commits crimes.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word recidivist:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. recidivist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. recidivist: Merriam-Webster
  3. recidivist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. recidivist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. recidivist: Vocabulary.com
  6. Recidivist, recidivist: Wordnik
  7. recidivist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. recidivist: Wiktionary
  9. recidivist: Dictionary.com
  10. recidivist: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Recidivist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. recidivist: Rhymezone
  13. recidivist: FreeDictionary.org
  14. recidivist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. recidivist: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. recidivist: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. recidivist: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. recidivist: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. recidivist: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. recidivist: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. recidivist: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Recidivist: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. recidivist: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. recidivist: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See recidivistic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  One who falls back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.
adjective:  Tending to fall back into prior habits, especially criminal habits.

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