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a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished
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Recent Examples of recidivist
It’s also got to help that Tisch has gotten hundreds of officers out of desk jobs and into the streets, and most of all is focusing police on the recidivists who commit the lion’s share of violent crime using every tool the department’s got.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Monday, Tisch said the city has a stubborn problem with recidivists.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Time after time after time, Post was released on bail before June 9 because our bail system fails to address recidivists.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
The attack comes less than four months after another recidivist criminal was accused of stabbing two teen sisters visiting New York from Paraguay at Grand Central on Christmas morning.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
Monday, Tisch said the city has a stubborn problem with recidivists.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Time after time after time, Post was released on bail before June 9 because our bail system fails to address recidivists.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024
The attack comes less than four months after another recidivist criminal was accused of stabbing two teen sisters visiting New York from Paraguay at Grand Central on Christmas morning.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recidivist
Noun
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Recently, however, the technology has been used by criminals for purposes of sextortion.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But with this bill, Republicans are laying the groundwork to gut safeguards that stopped criminals from getting these deadly weapons.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
Noun
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For a sheriff who frequently talks about demanding accountability, Tony’s threat to turn his back on a city of 87,000 residents is exactly the kind of talk lawbreakers want to hear.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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Research the London School of Economics (my employer) recently published in Administrative Science Quarterly shows that under certain circumstances, lawbreakers not only go unpunished; they are actively rewarded.—
London School of Economics,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The Northern Neck Regional Jail, where Paul Manafort will spend at least the next three months while awaiting trial, has the outward appearance of being a small local jail holding street thugs and assorted misdemeanants.—
Tom Jackman,
Washington Post,
16 June 2018
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The Northern Neck Regional Jail, where Paul Manafort will spend at least the next three months while awaiting trial, has the outward appearance of being a small local jail holding street thugs and assorted misdemeanants.—
Tom Jackman,
chicagotribune.com,
16 June 2018
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“Recidivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recidivist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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