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to recommit

7.0

To do the same crime again after being punished

verb
/ˌriːkəˈmɪt/

: reincidir

The young offender was warned that if he recommitted the crime, he would face harsher penalties.

Examples

There were no significant effects on jurors' sentencing or ratings of the defendant's likelihood to recommit the same or any crime, all p > .10.

Academic text (2002)
And today we have a laundry list of these people that have already recommitted crimes.
Many experts believe that rehabilitation can reduce the chances of former prisoners recommitting previous offenses.
After completing his rehabilitation program, he expressed his determination not to recommit any crimes in the future.

Synonyms

to repeat

vsto recommit

∞ 1.0

To do or say something again

involves doing the act again often referring to crimes or offenses

How Often

to recommit

7.0

to offend

65 4.6

to slip up

Informal

27 4.1

Surface Forms

recommit infinitive

recommitted past

recommitted past participle

recommitting present participle

recommits third person singular

Morphology

recommit = commit (transparent) = re + commit

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the verb 'commit' with the productive prefix 're-' meaning 'again'.

Etymology

The word recommit is made of the prefix re- meaning 'again' and commit meaning 'to do' or 'to carry out'. When we speak of crime, commit means 'to do a criminal act', so to recommit a crime is simply to 'do it again'.