delinquencynoun
uk/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwən.si/us/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwən.si/delinquency noun (BAD BEHAVIOUR)
[ U ] behaviour, especially of a young person, that is is illegal or not acceptable to most people:
There is a high rate of juvenile delinquency in this area.
[ C ] formal an action that is illegal or not acceptable:
His past delinquencies have made it hard for him to get a job.
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- netherworld
- offense
- speeding
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
- wrongdoing
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delinquency noun (LATE PAYMENT)
US a situation in which borrowed money is not paid back as agreed:
The consumer loan delinquency rate has increased 33 percent.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- might-have-been
- parody
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
- underachiever
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