Definition of career criminal
:a person who has committed many crimes throughout his or her life
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career
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: speed in a course
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: course, passage
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: encounter, charge
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: to go at top speed especially in a headlong manner
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criminal
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: relating to, involving, or being a crime
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: relating to crime or to the prosecution of suspects in a crime
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: guilty of crime
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: one who has committed a crime
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: a person who has been convicted of a crime
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