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delinquent

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) delinquent (noun)
  2. 2) delinquent (adjective)
  3. defective delinquent (noun)
  4. juvenile delinquency (noun)

1de·lin·quent

noun \-kwənt\

Definition of DELINQUENT

: a delinquent person
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Examples of DELINQUENT

  1. a group of violent delinquents

First Known Use of DELINQUENT

15th century

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