Synonyms of recidivist

recidivist

noun

as in offender

formal a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offender
• criminal
• lawbreaker
• backslider
• misdemeanant
• accomplice
• culprit
• principal
• jailbird
• miscreant
• crook
• convict
• malefactor
• outlaw
• perpetrator
• desperado
• relapser
• repeater
• sinner
• perp
• trespasser
• transgressor
• wrongdoer
• thug
• villain
• hoodlum
• hooligan
• gangster
• defendant
• racketeer
• mobster
• arrestee
• fish
• evildoer
• suspect
• detainee
• triggerman
• gunsel
• misfeasor
• misdoer
• gallows bird
• gun
• blackhander
• enforcer
• button man
• hit man
• gunman
• accused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawman
• gangbuster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recidivist

Among the violations when recidivist Saveur made this list back in November: employees washing their hands by dipping them in a bucket of bleach and water then returning to food preparation. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024

Overall numbers on recidivist crimes are hard to establish because the Russian government restricts the release of any public information that puts the war in a bad light. —Milana Mazaeva, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024

In February 2023, the 66-year-old Augustine was waiting for a subway train in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood when he was randomly pushed onto the tracks allegedly by a homeless stranger police described as a 44-year-old recidivist criminal. —Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024

Of recidivist criminals in front of the parole board. —Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 8 Feb. 2024