Synonyms for recidivist
re·cidi·vist

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1. recidivist, repeater, habitual criminalnoun

   someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

   Synonyms:
   repeater, reversionist, repeating firearm, habitual criminal, backslider

2. recidivist, backslider, reversionistnoun

   someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

   Synonyms:
   repeater, reversionist, habitual criminal, backslider

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   On Monday, a federal district court judge appointed by Obama made a ruling opposing, and essentially saying, calling illegal EPA regulations on fracking. The rebuke was a rather strong one. It was almost as if the judge was instructing a middle school class on the constitution, [The president is] a recidivist on this issue, and he needed to be slapped down again.