repeat offend
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from repeat offender.
Verb
editrepeat offend (third-person singular simple present repeat offends, present participle repeat offending, simple past and past participle repeat offended)
- (law) To offend again, especially after being punished for a first offence; to reoffend, to recidivate.
- 2006, Gary Drewes, The Silent Vow: Volume III[2], →ISBN:
- This trip into the Jail system was not one that was going to be filled with fun and games. He was headed into hard time with no visible release date. Here this was a repeat offender headed to face criminal prosecution. He repeat offended before the last criminal offense was settled in the courts. This time the boy was without certain mental faculties.
Translations
editrecidivate — see recidivate