delinquent

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/

Adjective

delinquent

1. 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.

2. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Synonyms

• (late or failing to pay a debt) defaulting

Translations

• German: säumig
• Russian: уклоняться
• Spanish: moroso, morosa

Translations

• Spanish: delincuente

Noun

delinquent (plural delinquents)

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
2. A person who has not paid their debts.
3. (obsolete, derogatory) A term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642-1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:criminal

Translations

• French: délinquant
• German: Delinquent, Krimineller
• Italian: delinquente
• Portuguese: delinquente
• Russian: правонаруши́тель
• Spanish: delincuente

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