Recidivous

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  • adj. Prone to relapse into immoral or antisocial behavior.
  • adj. Recurring (of a disease or another medical problem).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Liable to backslide to a former state.
  • Word Usage
    "Now, specifically how that is structured -- I mean, what the President has said is that he would like to see it structured narrowly enough so that it does target the 9 percent of recidivous* criminals who commit 70 percent of the violent crimes."