Synonyms of recidivists

recidivists

noun

plural of recidivist

as in offenders

formal a person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offenders
• criminals
• lawbreakers
• backsliders
• misdemeanants
• culprits
• desperados
• relapsers
• accomplices
• principals
• convicts
• miscreants
• malefactors
• crooks
• jailbirds
• perpetrators
• repeaters
• outlaws
• desperadoes
• sinners
• wrongdoers
• transgressors
• trespassers
• perps
• villains
• fishes
• gangsters
• defendants
• thugs
• hoodlums
• hooligans
• racketeers
• mobsters
• guns
• detainees
• arrestees
• fish
• suspects
• evildoers
• triggermen
• misdoers
• misfeasors
• enforcers
• gallows birds
• blackhanders
• button men
• gunsels
• gunmen
• hit men
• accused

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lawmen
• gangbusters