delinquent

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

delinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent)

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.

   The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.

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

[edit] Derived terms

• delinquency
• juvenile delinquent
• moral delinquent

[edit] Noun

delinquent (plural delinquents)

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
2. (obsolete) a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:criminal

[edit] Translations

term applied to royalists