transcription, транскрипция: [ -vist ]
noun
Etymology: French récidiviste, from récidiver to relapse, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin recidivare, from Latin recidivus recurring, from recidere to fall back, from re- + cadere to fall — more at chance
Date: 1880
: one who relapses ; specifically : a habitual criminal
• recidivist adjective
• re·cid·i·vis·tic -ˌsi-də-ˈvis-tik adjective