"repeat offender" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: repeat offenders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} repeat offender (plural repeat offenders)
  1. A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible. Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms: recidivist, reoffender, career criminal Derived forms: repeat offend Related terms: recidivism, three strikes and you're out, three-strikes law, zero tolerance Translations (repeat offender — see also recidivist): 慣犯 (Chinese Mandarin), 惯犯 (guànfàn) (Chinese Mandarin), recidivista [masculine] (Czech), recidivist [masculine] (Dutch), recidiviste [feminine] (Dutch), draaideurcrimineel (Dutch), uusintarikollinen (Finnish), récidiviste [feminine, masculine] (French), Mehrfachtäter [masculine] (German), Mehrfachtäterin [feminine] (German), Wiederholungstäter [masculine] (German), Wiederholungstäterin [feminine] (German), residivis [common-gender] (Indonesian), bramacorah [common-gender] (Indonesian), penjahat kambuhan [common-gender] (Indonesian), рецидиви́ст (recidivíst) [masculine] (Macedonian), рецидиви́стка (recidivístka) [feminine] (Macedonian), recydywista [masculine] (Polish), recydywistka [feminine] (Polish), reincidente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), рецидиви́ст (recidivíst) [masculine] (Russian), рецидиви́стка (recidivístka) [feminine] (Russian), reincidente [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), återfallsförbrytare [common-gender] (Swedish), recidivist [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-repeat_offender-en-noun-tWJhQLey Disambiguation of Crime: 90 10 Disambiguation of People: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'repeat offender — see also recidivist': 87 13
  2. One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
    Sense id: en-repeat_offender-en-noun-POa0oQGU

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