delinquent
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6.1
- noun
- /dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
:
delincuente juvenil
- That juvenile delinquent has been nothing but trouble since he got here.
- juvenile delinquents
- incarcerated delinquents
- facility for juvenile delinquents
Entrepreneurs are always juvenile delinquents at heart.
- Entrepreneurs are always juvenile delinquents at heart.
- But he says if only discipline were always present, then the mind of the delinquent is turned into desperation and the judge will not merit mercy from God.
- We hardly have any delinquents or people skipping out or anything like that.
Examples
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The in-class presentation resulted in significant changes in the students' attitudes toward juvenile delinquents for all measures.
Academic text (1996) -
Incarcerated juvenile delinquents appear to function within below-average to average levels of intelligence.
Academic text (2001) -
And the street corner support system is absolutely vital to the hardcore delinquent.
Academic text (2000) -
I'm going to release these delinquents to their parents' custody.
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When they came in here a lot of people thought of them as criminals and delinquents.
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The overwhelming majority of studies of juvenile delinquents have featured urban and white adolescents.
Academic text (1994) -
Payton is fourteen, a budding juvenile delinquent who dug tire tracks in the yard last week.
Fiction book (2000) -
I don't know what sort of sob story this little delinquent has been telling you, but I guarantee you 100% whatever it is, it isn't true.
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The court failed in its first years to successfully reduce youthful offending; 40 percent of delinquents recidivated (Tanenhaus, 2002).
Academic text (2011) -
The judge sentenced the young delinquent to community service for his involvement in the vandalism.
Synonyms
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7.7
A person who is dishonest or breaks the law
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8.4
A person who does bad things or breaks the law
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5.3
A young person under 18 who breaks the law, for example by stealing or damaging things
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9.9
A young person in trouble with the law
Compounds
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5.3
A young person under 18 who breaks the law, for example by stealing or damaging things
A person who does not pay money they owe to a bank or credit company on time
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Delinquent comes from the Latin parts de- 'away' and linquere 'leave'. So a 'delinquent' as a person is someone who has 'left' the right path, often a young person who breaks the law.