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HABITUAL CRIMINAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does habitual criminal mean?
• HABITUAL CRIMINAL (noun)
The noun HABITUAL CRIMINAL has 1 sense:
1. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Familiarity information: HABITUAL CRIMINAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
habitual criminal; recidivist; repeater
Hypernyms ("habitual criminal" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
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