What does "repeat offender" mean?

A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.

What is a synonym for "repeat offender"?

Common synonyms include: rapists, recidivist, recidivists, reconvict, rule violator, shoplifters.

Repeat offender

noun

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Noun

1
A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
2
One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.
"At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title."

Synonyms

All synonyms

rapists recidivist recidivists reconvict rule violator shoplifters

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"At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title."

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