re‧cid‧i‧vist /rɪˈsɪdəvəst, rɪˈsɪdɪvəst/
noun [countable] technical[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: récidiviste, from récidiver 'to go back to bad behavior', from Latin recidere, from cadere 'to fall']
a criminal who starts doing illegal things again, even after he or she has been punished
—recidivism noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲