repeat offender
Habitual crime committer
A repeat offender is someone who commits crimes or violations multiple times, especially after previous convictions or warnings.
The term appears in legal contexts discussing sentencing: Repeat offenders face harsher penalties.
It extends to any persistent rule-breaker: He's a repeat offender when it comes to leaving dishes in the sink.
Habitual criminal returner
- reoffendCommit crime again
- relapseReturn to former illness
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- reincarcerationReturn to custody
reconviction · chronic · persistent · habitual · unreformed · incorrigible · hardened · inveterate
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- inmateConfined facility resident
- convictJailed offender after trial
- cellblockPrison housing unit
penitentiary · correctional · detention · lockup · sentence · parole · probation · reentry
Complete thought, grammatically
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- probationSupervised trial period
- parole violationBreaking early release terms
- mandatory minimumLegally required lowest sentence
three-strikes law · sanction · fine · restitution · community service · supervision · monitoring · ankle bracelet
One who breaks in
- thiefOne who steals
- shoplifterOne who steals merchandise
- DUIImpaired operating charge
- drunk driverIntoxicated vehicle operator
fraudster · domestic abuser · arsonist · vandal · pickpocket · petty criminal · career criminal · gangster
recidivist
Habitual criminal returner
reincarceration · reconviction · chronic · persistent · habitual · unreformed · incorrigible · hardened · inveterate · serial
prison
Confinement for offenders
cellblock · penitentiary · correctional · detention · lockup · sentence · parole · probation · reentry · rehabilitation
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- probationSupervised trial period
- parole violationBreaking early release terms
mandatory minimum · three-strikes law · sanction · fine · restitution · community service · supervision · monitoring · ankle bracelet · curfew
burglar
One who breaks in
- thiefOne who steals
- shoplifterOne who steals merchandise
- DUIImpaired operating charge
drunk driver · fraudster · domestic abuser · arsonist · vandal · pickpocket · petty criminal · career criminal · gangster · organized crime
- recidivismrecidivist, reoffending, rearrest, reconviction, habitual criminal
- criminal recordrap sheet, criminal history, convictions, felony, misdemeanor
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- delinquentsjuvenile delinquent, delinquent, truant, hoodlum, hooligan
- repeat offendersrecidivist, habitual criminal, recidivism, career criminal, reoffender
- Sentencing Factorsmitigating factors, aggravating factors, extenuating circumstances, criminal history, prior record