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
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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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Community Development Coordinator Patrick Grogan-Myers told council that the city has 131 certified tax delinquent properties, 89 of which are residential.
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The garden lots, however, are mostly owned by city agencies and tax delinquents.
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Alyssa Beck: People labeled me as promiscuous, bad girl, prostitute, criminal, juvenile delinquent.
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Though Black still remains in custody, the state of Florida let him off the hook for the following charges: possession of a weapon or ammunition by a delinquent, grand theft of a firearm, and child neglect.
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The city will have the ability to withhold certificates of compliance to landlords who are more than one year delinquent on their property taxes.
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After about 45 minutes of waiting, a voice on the loudspeaker started calling out the usernames of guests who still hadn’t unplugged, like a school principal summoning delinquents to her office.
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The Hulse Detention Center provides secure detention services to high-risk youth who have pending delinquent or criminal court cases.
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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
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: being overdue in payment
- a delinquent charge account
- … efforts to crack down on parents delinquent in child-support payments …
- —Todd S. Purdum
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: 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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Additionally, Yamhill County property records indicate the waterpark's owners owed nearly $280,000 in delinquent taxes last year.
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Rawlings also branched out into delinquent medical bill collection and other types of recovery.
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He had been adjudicated delinquent on one count of robbery and inflicting a threat of bodily injury in a case filed Jan. 5, 2017.
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One customer successfully sued Huizenga, saying that in an argument over a delinquent account, Huizenga injured him by grabbing his testicles — an allegation Huizenga always denied.
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One customer successfully sued Huizenga, saying that in an argument over a delinquent account, Huizenga injured him by grabbing his testicles — an allegation Huizenga always denied.
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In Sherard's case, his fines became delinquent on Jan. 17 and collection efforts would have started on Jan. 27.
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In the film, an intelligent but misfit and delinquent 13-year-old boy, Ricky, is brought to a remote home in the mountains of New Zealand by a kooky social worker, Paula.
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Among the reasons, the flier cites his chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in 2010, the delinquent taxes, code violations and a lawsuit accusing him of assaulting his neighbor.
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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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