repeat offender

noun

: a person who has committed a crime more than once

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Per the letter, an analyst reviewing cases found that on June 11 a criminalist noted a match between four DNA profiles, suggesting the possibility of a repeat offender. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Nov. 2024 Watson would also be treated as a potential repeat offender. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024 Braves Luxury tax status: Over, repeat offender Preseason farm system ranking: 26th Need for starting pitching: High If not for the swarm of flesh-eating locusts that has ravaged their roster, the Braves wouldn’t have needed to make any trades at all. Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 26 July 2024 Currently, there is nothing to prevent someone from being a repeat offender and insanity prevails. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024 Of the three arrests, one involved a repeat offender. David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2024 An accident is an unpreventable occurrence, not the logical and predictable conclusion of reckless driving by a repeat offender who chooses to drive at excessive speeds. Washington Post, 21 June 2024 Owner Joe Lacob said on The Athletic’s TK Show earlier this year that the club’s Plan A will be to dip under the luxury tax to avoid being a repeat offender. Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024 The bill would effectively nullify a 2023 state Supreme Court ruling holding that multiple convictions stemming from the same criminal complaint do not necessarily classify someone as a repeat offender. Jessie Opoien, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024

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Legal Definition

repeat offender

noun
re·​peat offender
: a person who has been convicted of a crime on more than one occasion
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