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Habitual Criminal Makes For Difficult Police Work Crossword Clue

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99%8Exact Match!
noun

• A tough person.

• An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment.

30%10Habitual criminal
noun

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

• someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior

28%11Habitual criminal behavior
noun

• habitual relapse into crime

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The Guardian Cryptic17 Jul 2000 Across 14
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