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Meanings of recidivist in English
Catalan
delinqüent habitual Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Catalan
reincident Synonyms
Examples for "backslider"
Examples for "backslider"
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If thou yet, notwithstanding what hath been said, dost remain a backslider:
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And, having been a backslider, he is cursed with a half-frenzied humor.
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Taylor is another backslider in the exercise line and is not looking well.
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You are then a backslider from the God whom you covenanted to serve.
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L. M. The backslider restored; or, Repentance and faith in the blood of Christ.
Usage of recidivist in English
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She is a recidivist offender against decency, honesty, progressive thought and morality.
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Why, oh why, are so many recidivist criminals given suspended sentences?
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The country's worst recidivist drunk driver has appears in court again.
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Mr Cullen said it was hard to stop recidivist offenders.
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Photo: Photosport A bully and recidivist offender, Warner has appalled crowds the world over.
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A recidivist rate estimated at an astonishing 70 per cent tells its own bleak story.
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Lately, Prophet had not been so active as Leftist and Urvile, but Prophet was a recidivist.
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In 2010 it launched a nine-week camp for the most serious, young recidivist male offenders in Christchurch.
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A court aimed at reducing recidivist offending by Auckland's homeless population has cut reoffending by 60 percent.
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One judge last year even called an employer "a recidivist criminal" for flouting the safety laws.
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One study had shown that most people got involved in recidivist behaviour long before they were into drugs.
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The president of the Corrections Association fears for staff who have to work with recidivist prisoners like Stephen Williams.
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There are always odd sects: recidivist peer houses who have somehow nurtured and become consumed by a deviant Understanding.
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In 2017, FINRA highlighted a focus on high-risk and recidivist brokers in its annual exam priorities letter{here}.
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But Hospitality New Zealand says it is recidivist drink drivers and others seriously over the limit who are the problem.
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For those 30-thousand students the problem ranges from the occasional day off, to a small number of hard-core, recidivist truants.
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