delinquent

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
2. Of a payment or other financial obligation: late or otherwise unfulfilled.
3. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Noun

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
2. A person who has not paid their debts.
3. (derogatory, historical) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).

Concepts

délinquant

dévoyé

en retard

inférieur

mauvais

👎

négligent

voyou

délinquance

corrompu

délinquant-e

Synonymes

criminal

offender

culprit

overdue

wrongdoer

juvenile delinquent

derelict

lawbreaker

felon

wayward

neglectful

malefactor

malfeasant

in arrears

defaulter

delinquency

remiss

felonious

crook

unruly

layabout

misbehaved

mischievous

miscreant

naughty

ne’er-do-well

nefarious

offending

opprobrious

outlaw

perpetrator

rascally

recalcitrant

recidivist

refractory

roguish

rough

ruffian

scofflaw

sinner

thief

thug

transgressor

trespasser

vandal

violator

against the law

evil-doer

trouble-making

badly-behaved person

Traductions

delincuente

delinquente

delinquente

delinquenziale

straffällig

Delinquent

delinquent

Straffälliger

criminale

delinqüente

delinquência

παραβάτης νόμου

ανήλικος εγκληματίας

delinqüent

Straftäter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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