Meaning

3 senses
  1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

    Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.

    säumig, rückständig

    уклоня́ющийся от упла́тыuklonjájuščijsja ot upláty

  2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.

    The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.

  3. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

    straffällig, pflichtvernachlässigend, pflichtversäumend

    guilty of a misdeed

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Tom is a delinquent who comes from a rich home.

    deTom ist ein Straftäter, der aus einer reichen Familie kommt. — al_ex_an_der

  2. Tom is a juvenile delinquent.

    ruТом — малолетний преступник. — odexed

  3. Sami can't be called a delinquent.

  4. What shall we do with this delinquent girl?

    deWas sollen wir mit dieser jugendlichen Täterin machen? — Tamy

  5. The delinquent boy was arraigned for stealing a bicycle.

    deDer delinquente Junge kam wegen Fahrraddiebstahls vor Gericht. — Tamy

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation:
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present particip

Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.

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Forms

more delinquent, most delinquent
Comparativemore delinquent Lesson
Superlativemost delinquent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
late or failing to pay a debt:defaulting
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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