recidivist
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It will, however, create additional programming for TV, more advertising, revenue, opportunities for recidivist gamblers, etc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
He died a week ago for want of $500 to make a $5,000 bond, held as a recidivist for allegedly shoplifting a $24 pair of pants and a $20 electric shaver from Walmart in July.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2023
Put simply, Wells Fargo is a corporate recidivist that puts one third of American households at risk of harm.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2022
Being cast out by society is all that Hans — a recidivist if ever there was one — seems to have known.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2022
The patient was a recidivist of unstable mental make-up.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
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