recidivism
noun/rɪˈsɪdɪvɪzm̩/UK
Etymology
From French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism. By surface analysis, recidive + -ism.
- derived from récidivisme
Definitions
Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
- The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
- alcohol(ic) recidivism
The neighborhood
- neighborrecidivist
- neighborrecidivize
- neighborthree strikes and you're out
- neighborthree-strikes law
- neighborzero tolerance
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for recidivism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA