repeat offender

repeat offender (plural repeat offenders)

A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
Synonyms: recidivist, reoffender, career criminal
One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
- 2011, Jeff Reid, Cat-Dependent No More, →ISBN:
  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.

repeat offender — see also recidivist

Chinese:
Mandarin: 慣犯 / 惯犯 (zh) (guànfàn)
Czech: recidivista (cs) m
Dutch: recidivist (nl) m, recidiviste f, draaideurcrimineel (nl)
Finnish: uusintarikollinen
French: récidiviste (fr) m or f
German: Mehrfachtäter (de) m, Mehrfachtäterin f, Wiederholungstäter (de) m, Wiederholungstäterin (de) f
Indonesian: residivis (id) c, bramacorah (id) c, penjahat kambuhan (id) c
Macedonian: рецидиви́ст m (recidivíst), рецидиви́стка f (recidivístka)
Polish: recydywista (pl) m, recydywistka (pl) f
Portuguese: reincidente (pt) m or f
Russian: рецидиви́ст (ru) m (recidivíst), рецидиви́стка (ru) f (recidivístka)
Spanish: reincidente (es) m or f
Swedish: återfallsförbrytare (sv) c, recidivist c

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