Definition of recidivist

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• recidivist is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• recidivist is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• recidivist is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of recidivist

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

  Synonyms

  1. habitual criminal
  2. repeater
• someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. backslider
  2. reversionist

See definition of recidivist in Merriam Webster