recidivist

Example Sentences

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The court ordered Navalny to serve the new term in a “special regime” penal colony, where men given life sentences or “especially dangerous recidivists” are sent.

From Los Angeles Times

Boteler said, “If we can catch them early, maybe we can stop them from becoming recidivists.”

From Washington Post

From time to time, a regulator will call foul on recidivist corporate wrongdoers.

From Los Angeles Times

The Times calculated the cartels’ mafia fee income by taking the total number of people arrested by the Border Patrol over the previous 12 months and adjusting for recidivists and gotaways who were never captured.

From Washington Times

In creating the Three Strikes law, the justices wrote, California voters and the state Legislature charged prosecutors with the “duty” to “prescribe more severe punishment for certain recidivists.”

From Los Angeles Times