See Also: Delinquent(law)
Delinquent(money)
delinquent(dictionary)
Delinquent Taxes(law)
Delinquent Child(law)
DELINQUENT, civil law(law)
juvenile delinquent(dictionary)
delinquent 2, noun(dictionary)
delinquent 1, adjective(dictionary)
Delinquent Loan(money)

delinquent (iou)



delinquent noun & adjective. L15.
[Latin delinquent- pres. ppl stem of delinquere be at fault, offend, from de- DE- 1 + linquere leave: see -ENT.]
A. noun.
A person who fails in duty or obligation; an offender; now esp. a young offender. L15.
juvenile delinquent: see JUVENILE adjective.
Steele Where Crimes are enormous, the Delinquent deserves little Pity. I. Murdoch Had he turned out a problem child, perhaps a delinquent.
Hist. (A name given by the parliamentarians to) a person who helped Charles I and Charles II to make war between 1642 and 1660. M17.
b. adjective.
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offence. E17.
P. Holland Having offended or being delinquent in any duetie.
Of or pertaining to a delinquent or delinquents. M17.
I. McEwan Raymond, in his earlier, delinquent days had fed glass splinters to the pigeons.