Is mom a recidivist for stealing chicken legs? 6. 1 The whole story of mom stealing chicken legs was exposed.
The clerk in the supermarket has only seen her mother once before, and has not bought anything or found her stealing, so she can't be said to be a recidivist. It's like watching something you like many times, suffering from no money to buy it, and finally stealing it out of helplessness, but being caught. Can you be called a recidivist?