Definition of delinquents Delinquents
/dɪlɪˈŋkwʌnts/ - [dilingkwunts] -
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What does delinquents mean?
Wiktionary 
- delinquents (Noun)
Plural of delinquent.
Part of speech
🔤- delinquents, noun, plural of delinquent.
WordNet
NounPlural: delinquents |
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| delinquent - a young offender | ||
| juvenile delinquent | ||
| offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law | ||
Adjective |
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| delinquent - guilty of a misdeed; "delinquent minors" | ||
| guilty showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater | ||
| delinquent - past due; not paid at the scheduled time; "an overdue installment"; "a delinquent account" | ||
| overdue | ||
| delinquent - failing in what duty requires; "derelict (or delinquent) in his duty"; "neglectful of his duties"; "remiss of you not to pay your bills" | ||
| derelict, neglectful, remiss | ||
| negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" | ||
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Wiktionary
- delinquent (Noun)
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws. - delinquent (Noun)
A term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent. - delinquent (Adjective)
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan. - delinquent (Adjective)
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- delinquent (n.)
Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. - delinquent (n.)
One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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delinquent
Guilty of a minor delict.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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delinquent
de-ling′kwent, adj. failing in duty.—n. one who fails in or leaves his duty: a transgressor: a criminal.—n. Delin′quency, failure in or omission of duty: a fault: a crime.—adv. Delin′quently. [L. delinquens, -entis, pr.p. of delinquĕre—de, inten., and linquĕre, to leave.]
Part of speech
🔤- delinquent, noun, singular of delinquents.
