delinquent
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
delinquents
plural
delinquents
Britannica Dictionary definition of DELINQUENT
[count]
:
a young person who regularly does illegal or immoral things
:
juvenile delinquent
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a group of violent delinquents
2
delinquent
/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
adjective
2
delinquent
/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of DELINQUENT
1
:
doing things that are illegal or immoral
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a school for delinquent children
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His delinquent behavior could lead to more serious problems.
2
US
a
:
not paid at the required or expected time
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Her credit card account was delinquent. [=she had not made the payments that were due on her credit card account]
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The town is trying to collect delinquent taxes.
b
:
failing to pay an amount of money that is owed
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people who are delinquent in their loan payments [=people who have not been paying back their loans when they said they would]
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delinquent borrowers
