OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 30265

delinquent

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
moroso
Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.
delictivo • delictuoso • delincuente
Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
📚 noun • entry_id 30266

delinquent

/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
delincuente • pishtaco
One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
She had the consolation of knowing that any offence given to her dignity could be avenged on the delinquent who caused it, an act of justice which could not fail to be consolatory,…
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