"recidivists" in the noun sense
1. recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal
someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
2. recidivist, backslider, reversionist
someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior
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