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Criminal Backslider Crossword Clue

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noun

• someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)

• someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

39%8 Turncoat or backslider
noun

• a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

adjective satellite

• not faithful to religion or party or cause

39%10 A backslider may struggle with commitment
noun

• someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

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