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Meaning of "delinquency" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELINQUENCY

From Late Latin dēlinquentia a fault, offence, from Latin dēlinquere to transgress, from de- + linquere to forsake.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELINQUENCY

delinquency  [dɪˈlɪŋkwənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELINQUENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delinquency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DELINQUENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Delinquent

Delinquent or delinquents may refer to: ▪ A person who commits a felony ▪ A juvenile delinquent, often shortened as delinquent is a young person who fails to do that which is required by law; see juvenile delinquency ▪ A person who fails to pay a debt or other financial obligation...

Definition of delinquency in the English dictionary

The definition of delinquency in the dictionary is failure or negligence in duty or obligation; dereliction. Other definition of delinquency is a delinquent nature or delinquent behaviour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELINQUENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
consultancy
kənˈsʌltənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
eigenfrequency
ˈaɪɡənˌfriːkwənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
gyrofrequency
ˌdʒaɪərəʊˈfriːkwənsɪ
high-frequency
ˌhaɪˈfriːkwənsɪ
infrequency
ɪnˈfriːkwənsɪ
low-frequency
ˈləʊˌfriːkwənsɪ
multifrequency
ˌmʌltɪˈfriːkwənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
regency
ˈriːdʒənsɪ
sequency
ˈsiːkwənsɪ
tendency
ˈtɛndənsɪ
transparency
trænsˈpærənsɪ
vacancy
ˈveɪkənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELINQUENCY

delimitation
delimitative
delimiter
delineable
delineate
delineation
delineative
delineator
delineavit
delinquencies
delinquent
delinquently
deliquesce
deliquescence
deliquescent
deliquium
deliration
deliria
deliriant
delirifacient

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELINQUENCY

angular frequency
congruency
constituency
expected frequency
extremely low frequency
fluency
fundamental frequency
gene frequency
high frequency
intermediate frequency
juvenile delinquency
low frequency
medium frequency
natural frequency
radio frequency
relative frequency
residency
spatial frequency
very high frequency
very low frequency
video frequency

Synonyms and antonyms of delinquency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELINQUENCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «delinquency» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of delinquency

Translation of «delinquency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELINQUENCY

Find out the translation of delinquency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delinquency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delinquency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违法行为
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delincuencia
570 millions of speakers

English

delinquency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपराध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جنوح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преступность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delinquência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তব্যে অবহেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délinquance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kenakalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kriminalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

犯罪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kenakalan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm lổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடமை தவறுதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपराधीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçluluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

delinquenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przestępczość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злочинність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

delincvență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραβατικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misdadigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brottslighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovovertredelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delinquency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINQUENCY»

The term «delinquency» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINQUENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delinquency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delinquency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delinquency

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4 QUOTES WITH «DELINQUENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delinquency.
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Bob Feller
My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.
3
Nicolas Sarkozy
I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.
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Rodney Stark
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELINQUENCY»

Discover the use of delinquency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delinquency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Causes of Delinquency
In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachments, the aspirations, and the moral beliefs that bind most people to a life ...
Travis Hirschi, 2011
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Developmental Theories Of Crime And Delinquency
This volume is an invaluable tool for criminologists, sociologists, psychologists, and other professionals seeking to teach how crime and violence can be understood in our culture.
Terence P. Thornberry
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Juvenile Delinquency: The Core
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THE CORE, 5th Edition delivers cutting-edge coverage of essential theory, policy, and the latest research in one value-priced, reader-friendly paperback.
Larry Siegel, Brandon Welsh, 2013
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Juvenile Delinquency
In this highly accessible text, Donald J. Shoemaker grounds his readers with a historical perspective and the sociological parameters of delinquency, then presents a series of sharply focused chapters on schooling, religion, and family, as ...
Donald J. Shoemaker, 2013
5
Juvenile Delinquency: An Integrated Approach
Extended case studies begin each chapter. The text examines the extent of delinquent offenses, the gender, race and class of offenders, and developmental p.
James W. Burfeind, Dawn Bartusch, 2011
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Delinquency and Crime: Current Theories
Why do youths commit crimes? Delinquency and Crime contains essays by nine leading criminologists that seek to answer this question by describing current theories of crime and the research evidence that supports them.
J. David Hawkins, 1996
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Delinquency in a Birth Cohort
Biographies of nine well-known twentieth-century Americans. Includes a section of questions about each person.
Marvin E. Wolfgang, 1987
8
Schools and Delinquency
Schools and Delinquency, first published in 2001, provides a comprehensive review and critique of the current research about the causes of delinquency, substance use, drop-out, and truancy, and the role of the school in preventing these ...
Denise C. Gottfredson, 2001
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Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law
Praised for its balanced approach and for the authors' engaging writing style, this book will help you understand the nature of delinquency and its causes, as well as current strategies being used to control or eliminate its occurrence.
Larry Siegel, Brandon Welsh, 2014
10
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
"Juvenile Justice and Delinquency" is the first text to comprehensively trace the progress toward resolving critical juvenile justice and delinquency issues, and to provide cutting-edge intervention strategies to effectively rehabilitate ...
David Springer, Albert Roberts, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELINQUENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delinquency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency Announces …
A total of $300,000 in Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funds will be used to support at least six projects throughout the ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
CMBS Delinquency Rate Creeps Higher in June
This year has seen an uneven recovery in the CMBS market, as the delinquency rate in the sector continues to zigzag a few points up or down ... «National Real Estate Investor, Jul 15»
3
Delinquency Rate Sees Largest Monthly Increase Since November …
The delinquency rate has increased month-over-month in seven of the last 10 Mays (2006, 2008, and 2013 were the only months that saw ... «DSNews.com, Jul 15»
4
Juvenile delinquency
Sir: Juvenile delinquency can be explained as crimes committed by children above seven and below 18 years of age. Most commonly, these ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
5
CMBS Delinquency Rate Jumps in June After May Decline: Trepp
The delinquency rate on commercial mortgage-backed securities rose from May to June, according to Trepp's monthly report. The rate ... «National Mortgage News, Jul 15»
6
INLAND: CoreLogic finds mortgage delinquency falls to 2.7 percent
The report from Irvine-based CoreLogic says the mortgage delinquency rate in the metropolitan statistical area of Riverside-San ... «Press-Enterprise, Jun 15»
7
CMBS delinquency rate ticks up in June
The Trepp CMBS delinquency rate rose 5 basis points in June, to 5.45%, data released Tuesday show. June marked the first monthly increase ... «Pensions & Investments, Jun 15»
8
SFR Vacancy Rate Stays Flat While Delinquency Rate Rises Slightly
The Morningstar data found that delinquency rates rose slightly across all transactions even though the number of tenants late on their rent ... «DSNews.com, Jun 15»
9
Family problems contribute to rise in juvenile delinquency
The increase in juvenile delinquency is mainly rooted in family disruption problems, cultural change due to migration from hometowns and ... «Today's Zaman, Jun 15»
10
S. Korean banks' loan delinquency rate rises in May
A South Korean think tank downgraded the country's economic growth forecast for 2015, citing weak exports coupled with the outbreak of ... «The Korea Herald, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Delinquency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/delinquency>. Apr 2024 ».
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