repeat offender

noun2

1. •
   A person who has previously offended against the law, often someone who may be deemed incorrigible.
2. •
   One who performs a specific (often undesirable) action on multiple occasions.

   • At the risk of being branded a repeat offender. I must admit that this chapter is a reprise, in miniature, of an earlier book of mine with the same title. — 2011