Revolving-doors meaning : Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. (by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time. A door that rotates around a central pivot. A system or institution in which people exit and immediately reenter. A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other. Wp