/ dɪˈlɪŋkwənt; NAmE / adjective
1.
( especially of young people or their behaviour ) showing a tendency to commit crimes :
delinquent teenagers
2.
( NAmE , finance ) having failed to pay money that is owed :
a delinquent borrower
3.
( NAmE , finance ) ( of a sum of money ) not having been paid in time :
a delinquent loan
► de·lin·quent noun
—see also juvenile delinquent
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent.: from Latin delinquent- offending, from the verb delinquere , from de- away + linquere to leave.