reincidencia

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See also: reincidència

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ incidencia.

Noun

reincidencia f (plural reincidencias)

  1. recidivism
    • 2009 June 8, Inder Bugarin, “Bélgica busca prisiones en alquiler”, in BBC Mundo:
      Estamos corriendo el riesgo de dejar en libertad a personas con potencialidad de cometer nuevos delitos y el ministro bien sabe que, de registrarse un caso de reincidencia de impacto, el costo político a pagar será muy elevado.
      We are running the risk of letting free people that could commit new crimes and the minister knows well that, recording cases of recidivism, will be very high political cost.

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