Definition of delinquent
: a usually young person who regularly performs illegal or immoral acts
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Examples of delinquent in a Sentence
a group of violent delinquents
Recent Examples of delinquent from the Web
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And while City Hall plans to send hundreds of millions more to the district over the next five years, that revenue is tied to future city budget cuts and better collections from tax delinquents, both of which could fall short.
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By federal law these delinquents aren’t allowed to receive some grants for, say, technology updates, but that stick is unlikely to change behavior.
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The home is not a detention center for delinquents.
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Adams was charged April 11with attempted first-degree homicide, possession of a firearm by a person who is declared delinquent, burglary, armed robbery with threat of force and two counts of theft.
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Still got a degree in criminal law at Penn State with the idea of helping juvenile delinquents when his football career ended.
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Still got a degree in criminal law at Penn State with the idea of helping juvenile delinquents when his football career ended.
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Though small in number — about 250 at any given time out of perhaps 9,000 juveniles or more who enter juvenile court each year — the children committed to DCF as juvenile delinquents are the most troubled in the system.
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The pension fund, which won a multi-million dollar judgment against the city in 2015, claims Harvey remains more than $7 million delinquent in its payments.
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Origin and Etymology of delinquent
see 2delinquent
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
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Definition of delinquent
1
: offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law
- … were clearly delinquent in not immediately alerting Western Europe to the accident …
- —Richard Wilson
2
: being overdue in payment
- a delinquent charge account
- … efforts to crack down on parents delinquent in child-support payments …
- —Todd S. Purdum
3
: of, relating to, or characteristic of people who regularly perform illegal or immoral acts : marked by delinquency (see delinquency 1b)
- delinquent behavior
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delinquently
adverbExamples of delinquent in a Sentence
a school for delinquent children
His delinquent behavior could lead to more serious problems.
The town is trying to collect delinquent taxes.
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Once the system has been thoroughly tested, state officials will announce a timeline for the resumption of fees or penalties for delinquent accounts.
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The total value of the 620 delinquent tax accounts was $1,000,838.37, county Treasurer Robert Sandlass said.
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In a recent note, analysts at Moody’s adjusted for this by comparing the percentage of loans recently becoming delinquent with the level of initial jobless claims.
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Ferguson, who had been found delinquent in juvenile court of felony armed robbery in 2010, was arrested later after a chase and crash.
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The share of all households at least 90 days delinquent on auto loans rose from about 3% to 4.1% between 2014 and 2016, UBS figures show.
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The Harford County government put tax liens on 620 properties up for sale at its annual delinquent payment auction Monday, recouping $828,376.97 on 597 accounts, according to county officials.
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Russia’s myriad cybercriminal gangs care more about your bank account than your notoriety; high-end hotels near the World Cup venues will act as flames for digital-delinquent moths.
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Dockless bikes hang out on streetcorners and in front of convenience stores, loitering shiftlessly on their kickstands, either alone or else conspiring in small clusters like delinquent teenagers.
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Origin and Etymology of delinquent
Latin delinquent-, delinquens, present participle of delinquere to fail, offend, from de- + linquere to leave — more at loan
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First Known Use: 1603
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeardelinquent Synonyms
Antonyms
early, inopportune, precocious, premature, unseasonable, untimely;
Related Words
dallying, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, unhurried;
Other Psychology Terms
DELINQUENT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of delinquent for English Language Learners
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: a young person who regularly does illegal or immoral things
delinquent
Definition of delinquent for English Language Learners
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: doing things that are illegal or immoral
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: not paid at the required or expected time
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: failing to pay an amount of money that is owed
DELINQUENT Defined for Kids
Definition of delinquent for Students
: a usually young person who is guilty of improper or illegal behavior
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of delinquent
: a transgressor against duty or the law especially in a degree not constituting crime;
specifically
: juvenile delinquent
medical Definition of delinquent
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: offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law
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: of, relating to, or characteristic of delinquents : marked by delinquency
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delinquently
adverbLaw Dictionary
legal Definition of delinquent
: a delinquent person;
especially
: juvenile delinquent
legal Definition of delinquent
1 a
: offending by neglect or violation of duty or law
- delinquent acts
b
: characterized by juvenile delinquency
- delinquent youth
2
: being overdue in payment
- delinquent taxes
- was delinquent in his child support payments
Origin and Etymology of delinquent
Latin delinquent-, delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err
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