Definition of recidivists

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • recidivists is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • recidivists is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • recidivists is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 19

Definition of recidivists


  • someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. habitual criminal
    2. repeater
  • someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. backslider
    2. reversionist

See definition of recidivists in Merriam Webster