Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Recidivist

Recidivist (re*sid"i*vist) , noun

One who is recidivous or is characterized by recidivism; an incorrigible criminal.
The criminal by passion never becomes a recidivist, it is the social, not the antisocial, instincts that are strong within him, his crime is a solitary event in his life. — Havelock Ellis