Wiktionary
career criminal
n. A person who make a living illegally by committing crimes.
Usage examples of "career criminal".
Almost every career criminal I've ever met has a song of choice they play before they go out on a job.
I'm a professional criminal, a career criminal, and when I get hurt on the job, or someone with me does, we can't go to a doctor--not a regular one, anyway.
His cell mate was an old man with a spotty white beard, a career criminal who'd seen many prisons and loved Trumble.
Nobody should be married to a career criminal, but it was especially important for employees of the FBI.
I'm no saint, lady, Sir Deathstalker, I'm a career criminal and proud of it, but….