"career criminal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: career criminals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} career criminal (plural career criminals)
  1. A person who makes a living illegally by committing crimes. Categories (topical): Crime, People, Stock characters Related terms: repeat offender Translations (a person who makes a living illegally by committing crimes): ammattirikollinen (Finnish), Berufsverbrecher [masculine] (German), karrierbűnöző (Hungarian), yrkeskriminell [masculine] (Norwegian), przestępca zawodowy [masculine] (Polish), przestępczyni zawodowa [feminine] (Polish), yrkesförbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-career_criminal-en-noun-Q8QhOmr4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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