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RECIDIVISM

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RECIDIVISMn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The state or quality of being recidivous; relapse, specif. (Criminology), a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits, esp. after conviction and punishment.
recidivismnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
Wiktionary contributors (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recidivism#English) • CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) • via Kaikki (https://kaikki.org/dictionary/English/)
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Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. | Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. | Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.

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