Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To return to a previous pattern of behavior, especially criminal conduct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fall back, relapse, or backslide; return to an abandoned course of conduct.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To backslide; to fall again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
return tocriminal behaviour ; torelapse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb go back to bad behavior
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If we invest in providing education and training to those at risk of becoming or remaining criminals, the chance that they will recidivate goes down exponentially with each grade level completed.
Elena Quintana: Toward an Industry of Peace Elena Quintana 2011
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Those old ladies in the story are unlikely to recidivate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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Those old ladies in the story are unlikely to recidivate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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If we invest in providing education and training to those at risk of becoming or remaining criminals, the chance that they will recidivate goes down exponentially with each grade level completed.
Elena Quintana: Toward an Industry of Peace Elena Quintana 2011
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Those old ladies in the story are unlikely to recidivate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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Those old ladies in the story are unlikely to recidivate.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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Peaceable felons will then have, like all other law-abiding citizens, the ability to wear body armor defensively with no risk to society and the violent felons who recidivate will face consequences for wearing body armor in their future crimes.
The Volokh Conspiracy » United States v. Alderman and Felon Possession of Body Armor: 2009
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And even if 25 percent of them will not recidivate, are we willing to risk the other 75 percent of our children?
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And even if 25 percent of them will not recidivate, are we willing to risk the other 75 percent of our children?
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They must pay for these classes and take whiz quizzes to make sure they remain on the path of righteousness and not recidivate back into the dangerous world of marijuana abuse.
The War on Sense 2009
oroboros commented on the word recidivate
Heard on NPR segment on prison reform. I like backslide better.
September 14, 2007