- 1bad or criminal behavior, usually of young people an increase in juvenile delinquency
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- 2(formal) a failure to pay a debt
delinquency
nounNAmE//dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi//
[uncountable, countable] (pl. delinquencies)Check pronunciation: delinquency