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Definition of Recidivate
1. Verb. Go back to bad behavior. "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"
Generic synonyms: Regress, Retrovert, Return, Revert, Turn Back
Derivative terms: Lapse, Recidivism, Relapse, Relapsing
Definition of Recidivate
1. v. i. To backslide; to fall again.
Definition of Recidivate
1. Verb. (intransitive) To return to criminal behaviour; to relapse ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recidivate
Literary usage of Recidivate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court ...by Tracy M. Godwin, David Steinhart, Betsy A. Fulton by Tracy M. Godwin, David Steinhart, Betsy A. Fulton (1998)
"... were more likely to recidivate (it is important to note that these offenses
are typically committed by older teens who were more likely to recidivate); ..."
2. Illinois Task Force on Crime and Corrections: Final Report (1993)
"Calculating cost savings is slightly more complicated because cost savings are
a function of how long each person who does not recidivate would have spent ..."
3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1880)
"It has the.character of virulent diseases, which do not recidivate. Let us not
be astonished at the singularity of this result. All things are not here as ..."
4. The International Socialist Review: A Monthly Journal of International (1904)
"Why even the professors of criminology themselves, if the world should wake up
and see the joke of their calculations, would probably continue to recidivate ..."
5. The Sexual Predatorby Anita M. Schlank, Fred Cohen by Anita M. Schlank, Fred Cohen (2006)
"... tend to be viewed as the most objectionable type of criminal offender and are
assumed by many to be untreatable and more likely to recidivate (Farkas ..."
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