delinquent
See also: Delinquent and délinquent
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdelinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent)
- 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.
- Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
Synonyms
edit- (late or failing to pay a debt): defaulting
Derived terms
editTranslations
editlate or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation
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Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation
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Noun
editdelinquent (plural delinquents)
- One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
- 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 269:
- She had the consolation of knowing that any offence given to her dignity could be avenged on the delinquent who caused it, an act of justice which could not fail to be consolatory, since every one of her daughters had at times stood in stead of "guid King James's whipping-boy," when circumstances arose to disturb the equanimity of Lady Anne's imperious and irascible temper.
- A person who has not paid their debts.
- (historical, derogatory) A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).
Usage notes
editIn relation to the royalist sense, Charles I of England was known as "the chief delinquent".
Synonyms
edit- (one who breaks the law): See also Thesaurus:criminal
- (royalist): cavalier
Translations
editone who breaks the law
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Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dēlinquens.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdelinquent m (plural delinquenten, diminutive delinquentje n)
- criminal
- Synonyms: crimineel, misdadiger
Related terms
edit- delinquant (obsolete)
Descendants
edit- Afrikaans: delinkwent
Latin
editVerb
editdēlinquent
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