delict

Meaning

1. A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
2. The branch of law dealing in delicts.

Synonyms

tort

contravention

infraction

infringement

misdeed

misdemeanor

misdemeanour

offence

offense

transgression

violation

criminal offence

abuse

crime

breach

quilty act

brush with the law

intrusion

invasion

Translations

Delikt

delito

délit

Verstoß

ihlal

suç

delito

delict

Übertretung

Vergehen

Verletzung

Zuwiderhandlung

Beleidigung

Ordnungswidrigkeit

infracció

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).