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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Recidivist (0.00989 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Recidivist.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: recidivist
recidivist
n 1: someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior
(especially for the same criminal behavior) [syn:
repeater,
habitual criminal]
2: someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of
behavior [syn:
backslider,
reversionist]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Recidivist
Recidivist
\Re*cid"i*vist\ (r[-e]*s[i^]d"[i^]*v[i^]st), n.
One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an
incorrigible criminal. --
Re*cid`i*vis"tic
(r[-e]*s[i^]d`[i^]*v[i^]s"t[i^]k), a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it
is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are
strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his
life. --Havelock
Ellis.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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