delinquentnoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwənt/us/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwənt/a person, usually young, who behaves in a way that is illegal or not acceptable to most people:
juvenile delinquents
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Young people
- adolescence
- adolescent
- boyhood
- emo
- girlhood
- grow
- laddish
- mall rat
- minor
- punk
- skinhead
- Teddy boy
- teens
- tween
- tweenager
- yoof
- young blood
- young lady/man idiom
- youthful
- yute
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Criminals - general words
delinquentadjective
uk/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwənt/us/dɪˈlɪŋ.kwənt/illegal or not acceptable, or behaving in a way that is illegal or not acceptable:
They are carrying out research on the causes of delinquent behaviour among young people.
delinquent teenagers
US formal late (in paying money owed):
She has been delinquent in paying her taxes.
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- drink-driving
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- speeding
- tort
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
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