delinquency

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Misconduct.
2. (countable, uncountable) A criminal offense.
3. (countable, uncountable) A debt that is overdue for payment.

Synonyms

criminality

crime

misconduct

offence

juvenile delinquency

dereliction

crime rate

default

delinquent

failure

fault

transgression

trespass

willful neglect

insolvency

lack

guilt

misdemeanour

obliquity

feloniousness

offense

omission

rashness

shortcoming

stumble

demerit

infringement of the law

trespassing

violation

wrongdoing

minor crime

deviance

heedlessness

illegality

inadvertence

Translations

délinquance

delincuencia

delinquenza

delinquência

Kriminalität

criminalità

criminalidad

παράπτωμα

Delinquenz

εγκληματικότητα

criminalité

crimine

criminaliteit

Vergehen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“I transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent + -cy