delinquent
noun/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
/dɪˈlɪŋkwənt/
- a young person who tends to commit crimes
- teenage delinquents
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- (North American English, finance) a person who has failed to pay money that is owed
- credit delinquents
Check pronunciation:
delinquent