recidivize

English

Etymology

From recidivism +‎ -ize.

Verb

recidivize (third-person singular simple present recidivizes, present participle recidivizing, simple past and past participle recidivized)

  1. To repeat a crime
    • 2009, Dov M. Gabbay, John Woods, “Fallacies as Cognitive Virtues”, in Games: Unifying Logic, Language, and Philosophy‎[1], Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 57–98:
      even when properly diagnosed, there is a general tendency to recidivize.
    • 2015 July 1, Cal Klyman, “An Appeal to Pardon Billy Budd”, in Questions: Philosophy for Young People‎[2], volume 15, →DOI, pages 6–8:
      grant clemency to those […] unlikely to recidivize.
    • 2020 July 30, Agnieszka Werpachowska, “‘Computer Says No’: Was Your Mortgage Application Rejected Unfairly?”, in Wilmott‎[3], volume 2020, number 108, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 54–61:
      the control group […] are white men, aged 25–45, with no prior crimes, charged with felony, and who did not recidivize.
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