[dɪˈlɪŋkw(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime
(e.g: delinquent teenagers)

- failing in one's duty


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin delinquent- ‘offending’, from the verb delinquere, from de- ‘away’ + linquere ‘to leave’

[dɪˈlɪŋkw(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a delinquent person
(e.g: juvenile delinquents)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin delinquent- ‘offending’, from the verb delinquere, from de- ‘away’ + linquere ‘to leave’