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One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.
Philip Wylie

Meaning of "delinquent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELINQUENT

From Latin dēlinquēns offending.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELINQUENT

delinquent  [dɪˈlɪŋkwənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELINQUENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delinquent can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DELINQUENT 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 delinquent in the English dictionary

The first definition of delinquent in the dictionary is a person who fails in an obligation or duty. Other definition of delinquent is guilty of an offence or misdeed, esp one of a minor nature. Delinquent is also failing in or neglectful of duty or obligation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELINQUENT


aliquant
ˈælɪkwənt
colliquant
kəˈlɪkwənt
consequent
ˈkɒnsɪkwənt
Derwent
ˈdɜːwənt
eloquent
ˈɛləkwənt
frequent
ˈfriːkwənt
grandiloquent
ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt
inconsequent
ɪnˈkɒnsɪkwənt
ineloquent
ɪnˈɛləkwənt
infrequent
ɪnˈfriːkwənt
magniloquent
mæɡˈnɪləkwənt
multiloquent
mʌlˈtɪləkwənt
nondelinquent
ˌnɒndɪˈlɪŋkwənt
obsequent
ˈɒbsɪkwənt
pauciloquent
pɔːˈsɪləkwənt
sequent
ˈsiːkwənt
subsequent
ˈsʌbsɪkwənt
unfrequent
ʌnˈfriːkwənt
unguent
ˈʌŋɡwənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELINQUENT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELINQUENT

abluent
affirming the consequent
affluent
confluent
congruent
constituent
diluent
effluent
eluent
fluent
incongruent
influent
interfluent
juvenile delinquent
mass affluent
obstruent
reconstituent
refluent
substituent
suent

Synonyms and antonyms of delinquent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELINQUENT»

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

Translation of «delinquent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELINQUENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

> 累犯的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

delincuente
570 millions of speakers

English

delinquent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपराधी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجانحين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

преступник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delinquente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরাধী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

délinquant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tertuduh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

straffällig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非行の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비행을 저지른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sing ora sopan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phạm tội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपराधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suçlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

criminale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przestępca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

злочинець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

delincvent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραβατική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

misdadige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brottsligt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbryter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delinquent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINQUENT»

The term «delinquent» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.584 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELINQUENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delinquent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delinquent» 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 delinquent

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10 QUOTES WITH «DELINQUENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delinquent.
1
Louis de Bernieres
In reality the world is as full of bad mothers as it is of bad fathers, and it is not the motherless children who become delinquent but the fatherless ones.
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Larry Elder
If anybody had a reason to become a delinquent, to become a criminal, to be angry at the man, to be angry at the white man, to be angry at America, it's my dad, but he did not feel that way at all.
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Clara Hughes
I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.
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Wayne Kramer
When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
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Henry James Sumner Maine
The members of such a society consider that the transgression of a religious ordinance should be punished by civil penalties, and that the violation of a civil duty exposes the delinquent to divine correction.
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Paul Mazursky
The one thing that's closest to my story is the thing about trying out for the juvenile delinquent role and getting it. That was the start of my acting career... which I've resumed, by the way.
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Philipp Meyer
I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out of high school and getting a G.E.D. But I still read a lot. Thrillers and war novels, mostly, along with the occasional literary novel from my parents' bookshelf.
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Frank Sinatra
The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.
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Miles Teller
My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent.
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Philip Wylie
One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELINQUENT»

Discover the use of delinquent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delinquent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent ...
Exploring the gender, class and racial tensions that fueled campaigns to control female sexuality in late 19th- and early 20th-century America, Odem traces two distinct stages of moral reform.
Mary E. Odem, 1995
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Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives: Delinquent Boys to Age 70
This book analyzes newly collected data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s.
John H. Laub, Robert J. Sampson, 2009
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A Cycle of Outrage: America's Reaction to the Juvenile ...
The book examines how the central phenomena of the 1950's--the development of youth culture and the rise of a mass media society--became intertwined and confused and argues that young people ceased to be a threat as they were recognized to ...
James Burkhart Gilbert, 1986
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Delinquent Boys: The Culture of the Gang
The central idea of this book is that the widespread "crisis" of juvenile delinquency can be grappled with only if one first understands delinquency as a persistent subculture that is traditional in certain neighborhoods of our cities.
Albert Kircidel Cohen, 1956
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The Jack-Roller: A Delinquent Boy's Own Story
Vivid, authentic, this is the autobiography of a delinquent—his experiences, influences, attitudes, and values. The Jack-Roller helped to establish the life-history or "own story" as an important instrument of sociological research.
Clifford R. Shaw, 2013
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Theories of Delinquency: An Examination of Explanations of ...
Donald Shoemaker aptly presents all major individualistic and sociological theories in a standard format with basic assumptions, important concepts, and critical evaluations.
Donald J. Shoemaker, 2009
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Delinquent-Prone Communities
This book offers compelling new evidence which will stimulate debate in this area of criminology and will also interest academics, policy makers and practitioners in the field.
Don Weatherburn, Bronwyn Lind, 2000
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Delinquent Networks: Youth Co-Offending in Stockholm
This book presents a study of co-offering relations among youths under twenty-one suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991–5.
Jerzy Sarnecki, 2001
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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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Becoming Delinquent: Young Offenders And the Correctional ...
This book addresses the social experiences of juvenile offenders in the correctional machinery and the career effects these experiences have on offenders.
Peter G. Garabedian, Don C. Gibbons, 1977

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELINQUENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delinquent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Warren County tax-delinquent properties increase
Warren County is seeing more property owners in danger of losing their property this year because of delinquent taxes. The county Real ... «Glens Falls Post-Star, Jul 15»
2
Freddie Mac plans to sell $632.2 million in delinquent loans
The deeply delinquent loans will be sold in four pools with a total balance of $632.2 million, the government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) ... «Scotsman Guide News, Jul 15»
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County to host delinquent tax sale
County to host delinquent tax sale. Cadiz Record. Jul 08, 2015 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend | print. BY MICHAEL REINKE «Cadiz Record, Jul 15»
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Amnesty period granted for delinquent business licenses
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Affairs is instituting an amnesty period for businesses with expired licenses. All entities and ... «Virgin Islands Daily News, Jul 15»
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Crawford's legislation to clarify delinquent tax process is law
Sandy Crawford's legislation to update and clarify Missouri's laws relating to delinquent property tax and real property tax sales was recently ... «Buffalo Reflex, Jul 15»
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Delinquent account? I'm coming for you
As I understand it, I will be handling the company's delinquent accounts. That is well within my area of expertise since I have been delinquent ... «Orillia Packet & Times, Jul 15»
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'Mission accomplished': Filmmaker helps turn around delinquent life …
Motivated by guilt, filmmaker Umut Gunduz turned his sights to helping his delinquent younger brother turn his life around by 'giving him a ... «Hackney Gazette, Jul 15»
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Upper Macungie to recoup delinquent sewer, refuse accounts
"They [Arcadia] put the charge on the delinquent account. We don't have to spend money to get money." In other business, the board voted to ... «WFMZ Allentown, Jul 15»
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NWC offers deals to delinquent customers
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Over the next three months, customers of the National Water Commission (NWC) will have the opportunity to bring ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»
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Review: Delinquent Meets Bookworm In My Little Monster
Review: Delinquent Meets Bookworm In My Little Monster Love is not always as straight forward as we believe it should be. Which is something ... «Gaming Union, Jul 15»

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