repeat offender

Definitions

1. A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
2. One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.

Equivalents

Examples

“At the risk⟳ of being branded a repeat⟳ offender. I must admit⟳ that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title.”

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