About The Word Delinquent
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Delinquent
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What's The Definition Of Delinquent?
[n] a young offender
[adj] past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account" [adj] persistently bad; "school for delinquent boys" [adj] failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" [adj] guilty of a minor misdeed; "delinquent minors" Synonyms | Synonyms for Delinquent: derelict | due | guilty | incorrigible | juvenile delinquent | neglectful | negligent | overdue | owed | remiss Related Terms | Find terms related to Delinquent: aberrant | abnormal | abominable | atrocious | bad person | behindhand | careless | criminal | crook | culprit | deceiver | defaulter | defaulting | derelict | deviant | disgraceful | disregardful | evil | evil man | evil person | evildoer | failing | felon | gangster | hardly the thing | hooligan | ignominious | illegal | improper | in arrear | in arrears | inappropriate | incorrect | indecorous | infamous | late | lawbreaker | lax | levanter | malefactor | malevolent | malfeasant | malfeasor | miscreant | misdemeanant | misdemeanist | misfeasor | mobster | neglectful | negligent | nonpayer | nonpaying | not done | not the thing | off-base | off-color | offender | outlaw | out-of-line | overdue | past due | public enemy | racketeer | regardless | remiss | roughneck | ruffian | sacrilegious | scandalous | shameful | shameless | sinful | sinner | slack | tax dodger | tax evader | terrible | thief | transgressor | undue | unfit | unfitting | unlawful | unpaid | unrighteous | unseemly | unsuitable | villain | welsher | wicked | worker of ill | wrong | wrongdoer | wrongful See Also | offender | wrongdoer Delinquent In Webster's Dictionary \De*lin"quent\a. [L. delinquens, -entis, p. pr. of
delinquere to fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- +
linquere to leave. See {Loan}, n.]
Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
\De*lin"quent\, n. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit. A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed. --Ayliffe. |
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