reoffend
verb [ I ] (also re-offend) uk/ˌriː.əˈfend/ us/ˌriː.əˈfend/
再犯罪,重新犯罪
(of someone who has previously committed a crime) to commit another crime
Most prisoners reoffend following release from prison. 大多数犯人在出狱后都会重新犯罪。
The younger you are when you commit a crime, the more likely you are to re-offend. 犯罪时年龄越小,重新犯罪的可能性就越大。
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- Experts say most sex offenders rarely reoffend.
- Sending a juvenile to prison increases the odds he'll re-offend within a year of release by 35%.
- Building more prisons will result in a huge rise in the proportion of criminals who reoffend, a criminology expert has said.