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The word "recidivate" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used in the context of criminal behavior, specifically to describe an instance of relapse into criminal activity or repeated criminal behavior. For example, "He had recently recidivated, and was arrested for armed robbery a second time."
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recidivate
verb
To return to criminal behaviour; to relapse
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The cost-effectiveness of house arrest is dependent on a number of conditions, including where in the trial process it is being used, how it is implemented, what types of offenders are deemed eligible, and whether they recidivate.
And, when they get out, 72% of them recidivate.
A study by the RAND Corporation in 2013 found that incarcerated individuals who participated in educational programs were forty-three per cent less likely to recidivate within three years than those who did not.
Keeping parents in prison connected to their children doesn't just lower the chances that these parents will recidivate, it also improves the lives of their children ("Keeping in Touch With a Parent in Prison," editorial, Jan . 14.
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A convicted murderer arrested for a D.U.I. is likely to be sent back to prison and hence misleadingly counted as a murderer who has "recidivated".
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