Recidivism

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  • noun. The repeating of or returning to criminal behavior by the same offender or type of offender.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Relapse into crime; the conduct or condition of a recidivist.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Committing new offenses after being punished for a crime.
  • noun. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
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  • noun. habitual relapse into crime
    • Word Usage
    "The very least we can do to reduce recidivism is not slap a penalty on to people the moment they are released."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    backsliding  lapse  lapsing  relapse  relapsing  
    Same Context
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    4-day-a-week  boondock  chorea  color-blindness  criminologist  
    Synonym
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    about-face  amorality  apostasy  atheism  backing  
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