"delinquency" meaning in English

See delinquency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delinquency.wav Forms: delinquencies [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“I transgress, err”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leykʷ-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|dēlinquentia}} Late Latin dēlinquentia, {{der|en|la|dēlinquēns}} Latin dēlinquēns Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} delinquency (countable and uncountable, plural delinquencies)
  1. Misconduct. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (misconduct): простъпка (prostǎpka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), пропуск (propusk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), delinqüència [feminine] (Catalan), εγκληματικότητα (egklimatikótita) [feminine] (Greek), παραβατικότητα (paravatikótita) [feminine] (Greek), vétség (Hungarian), normasértés (Hungarian), szabálysértés (Hungarian), tōrōkiritanga (Maori), występek [masculine] (Polish), delinquência [feminine] (Portuguese), просту́пок (prostúpok) [masculine] (Russian), kadalinsilan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-delinquency-en-noun-Lf9CHF-9 Disambiguation of 'misconduct': 98 2 1
  2. A criminal offense. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a criminal offense): правонарушение (pravonarušenie) (Bulgarian), delinqüència [feminine] (Catalan), παράπτωμα (paráptoma) [neuter] (Greek), παράβαση (parávasi) [feminine] (Greek), przestępstwo [masculine] (Polish), delinquência [feminine] (Portuguese), преступле́ние (prestuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), delincuencia [feminine] (Spanish), kadalinsilan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-delinquency-en-noun-jwAtBrTd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 89 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 90 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 88 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 91 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 83 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 83 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 77 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 10 85 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 12 83 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 82 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 83 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 84 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 84 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 12 83 6 Disambiguation of 'a criminal offense': 1 97 2
  3. A debt that is overdue for payment. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a debt that is overdue for payment): просрочен дълг (prosročen dǎlg) (Bulgarian), просроченный долг (prosročennyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-delinquency-en-noun-fBDbVR~J Disambiguation of 'a debt that is overdue for payment': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: juvenile delinquency

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "masculine"
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      "word": "просроченный долг"
    }
  ],
  "word": "delinquency"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": dolg vs. prosročennyj",
  "path": [
    "delinquency"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "delinquency",
  "trace": ""
}

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