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Definition of Delinquent
1. Adjective. Guilty of a misdeed. "Delinquent minors"
2. Noun. A young offender.
3. Adjective. Failing in what duty requires. "Remiss of you not to pay your bills"
Similar to: Negligent
Derivative terms: Neglectfulness, Remissness
4. Adjective. Past due; not paid at the scheduled time. "A delinquent account"
Definition of Delinquent
1. a. Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
2. n. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
Definition of Delinquent
1. Adjective. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. ¹
2. Adjective. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense ¹
3. Noun. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delinquent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delinquent
Literary usage of Delinquent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The excerpt from the delinquent list, Exhibit f!o. 2, shows that he was not
delinquent for that year. There is a presumption that a person has paid his ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Kind M 31:119 D 18 ^ v Care of delinquent and dependent children in Minnesota.
... J Crim Law 8:651-2 Ja '18 Family disintegration and the delinquent boy in ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1899)
"The separation of the delinquent from the dependent child, for purposes of
classification under existing plans of this Conference, I must confess involves ..."
4. Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Statistics Violent delinquent behavior Violent juvenile crime has been increasing.
Nationwide self-reported measures of delinquent behavior indicate an ..."
5. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Stmt. of amt. of state taxes chargeable to each co., payments made on same during
yr., and amt. returned delinquent for yr. 1851. ..."
6. A Study of Women Delinquents in New York State by Mabel Ruth Fernald, Mary Holmes Stevens Hayes, Almena Dawley, Beardsley Ruml (1920)
"CHAPTER XIV MENTAL CAPACITY: INTER-COMPARISON OF delinquent GROUPS TN the preceding
chapter we have endeavored to discover the re- *• lationship between our ..."
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