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delinquent

1) adj. not paid in full amount or on time. 2) n. short for an underage violator of the law as in juvenile delinquent.

delinquent

(Guilty of a misdeed), adjective at fault, bad, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, condemnable, conscienceless, corrupt, criminal, culpable, derelict, dishonest, disreputable, erring, evil, evil-minded, flagrant, guilty, homo maleficus, immoral, improper, in error, in fault, in the wrong, incorrigible, iniquitous, irredeemable, lawbreaking, maleficent, malfeasant, misbehaving, monstrous, nefarious, offending, peccant, profligate, punishable, remiss, reprehensible, reproachable, reprobate, scandalous, sinful, to blame, transgressing, unjust, unlawful, unprincipled, unseemly, unvirtuous, unworthy, vicious, villainous, virtueless, wicked, worthless
Associated concepts: delinquent child, delinquent minors

delinquent

(Overdue), adjective back, behind, chargeable, defaultant, defaulting, deficient, due, failing in duty, in arrears, lacking, missing, neglectful of obbigation, not discharged, not met, not paid on time, owed, owing, past due, payable, receivable, short, to be paid, undefrayed, unliquidated, unpaid, unsatisfied, unsettled, wanting
Associated concepts: delinquent assessments, delinquent debtor, delinquent lands, delinquent payment, delinquent premiums, delinquent property, delinquent taxes, delinnuent taxpayer

delinquent

noun criminal, culprit, dangerous perron, evildoer, guilty man, homo maleficus, insolvent debtor, lawbreaker, malefactor, malfeasor, mischief-maker, miscreant, misdemeanant, misdoer, misfeasor, neglector of duty, nonpayer, offender, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, rogue, ruffian, scofflaw, swindler, transgressor, trouble maker, undesirable, worker of iniquity, wrongdoer
Associated concepts: delinquent child, delinquent neglected and dependent children, delinquent premiums, delinquent taxes, juvenile delinquent

delinquent

a person who fails in an obligation or duty or a person guilty of an offence.

DELINQUENT, civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offence or failure of duty.

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To identify the prevalence of delinquent behaviour among inmates of orphanages.

PREVALENCE OF PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR--A STUDY AMONG INSTITUTIONALISED CHILDREN

Henares declined to state categorically if the delinquent accounts were from the previous Arroyo administration.

BIR fails to collect P300B

The largest percentage of delinquent loans nationally was multi-family properties, which represented 16.

Biscayne Landing keeps delinquency crown

Yet, despite the recent drop in seriously delinquent inventories as loans have either been modified or begun to be processed through the system, seriously delinquent loans are hovering in that status longer than ever.

The rise of extreme delinquencies

Operational definitions of early onset of delinquent behavior tend to involve delinquency beginning before age 11.

Distinguishing between early and late onset delinquents: race, income, verbal intelligence and impulsivity

The most frequently reported delinquent violent act involved carrying a weapon, such as a stick, chain or knife, followed by group fights.

Small number of Toronto youth committed many delinquent acts

Cernkovich and Giordano (1987) compared the effects of parental control and supervision to intimate parent-adolescent communication and relations and found parent control and supervision to be more strongly (and inversely) associated with delinquent behavior in a sample of African-American male 12- to 19-year-olds.

Effects of parenting, father absence, and affiliation with delinquent peers on delinquent behavior among African-American male adolescents

With a delinquent original return requesting a refund, the return is also the refund claim (per Treasury Reg.

Better late than never. (TaxFiling)

There appears to be a linear relationship between blood lead levels and the number of reported delinquent acts from the lowest levels of exposure to the highest," Dietrich says.

The lead effect? (Focus)

Although a wide variety of public and private reform schools and child welfare agencies were created in the nineteenth century to treat delinquent youth, young people who were arrested were still processed in the same courts as adults.

"The Cop will get you": The police and discretionary juvenile justice, 1890-1940

We're advised that we can't currently pursue delinquent taxpayers in court," Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau chief financial officer Janet Charles said last week.

Restaurant Tax Lacks Teeth

The losses or damages that a delinquent can inflict have changed dramatically due to society's increasing dependence on computers.