career offender

career offender
ca·reer offender n: a habitual or repeat criminal; esp: an offender with two or more prior convictions for violent or drug-related crimes – called also career criminal;
◇ Under federal sentencing guidelines career offenders are given maximum sentences.

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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