Legal Definition and Related Resources of Delinquency

neglect of duty, failure to do what is legally required to be done.

(Failure of duty), noun

• breach
• breach of a promise
• carelessness
• default
• dereliction of duty
• error
• failure
• failure of obligation
• failure to act
• incompletion
• indifference to act
• inobservance
• lapse in conduct
• malpractice
• misprision
• neglect
• neglect of obligation
• negligence
• noncompletion
• noncompletion of a task
• nonfulfillment
• nonobservance
• nonperformance
• omission
• omission of duty
• omission of obligation
• oversight
• repudiation of one’s duty
• slight
• slip
• unfulfillment of an assignment
• unfulfillment of duty

(Misconduct), noun

• atrocity
• badness
• baseness
• breach of the law
• corruption
• crime
• criminality
• culpability
• decadence
• degeneracy
• delictum
• depravity
• dereliction
• devilishness
• dissoluteness
• evil
• evil behavior
• fault
• flagrante delicto
• foulness
• heinousness
• immorality
• improbity
• impropriety
• indiscretion
• infraction
• infraction of the law
• infringement
• iniquity
• lawbreaking
• lawlessness
• malefaction
• malfeasance
• malum
• malversation
• misbehavior
• misdeed
• misdoing
• misstep
• nefariousness
• obliquity
• offense
• outrage
• peccability
• peccancy
• prodigality
• profligacy
• reprobacy
• tort
• transgression
• trespass
• turpitude
• unvirtuousness
• viciousness
• vileness
• villainousness
• villainy
• violation
• wantonness
• waywardness
• wickedness
• wrong
• wrongdoing Associated Concepts: contributing to delinquency
• delinquency proceeding
• juvenile delinquency

(Shortage), noun

• arrearage
• arrears
• dearth
• debt
• default
• deficiency
• deficit
• depletion
• inability to pay
• inadequacy
• indebtment
• insufficiency
• lack
• late payment
• liability
• nonfulfillment
• nonpayment
• obligation
• outstanding debt
• paucity
• scantiness
• scarcity
• short measure
• short supply
• shortage
• shortness
• sparseness
• sparsity
• unpaid amount
• Associated Concepts: delinquency assessment
• delinquency charges

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Concept of Delinquency in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Delinquency: An overdue amount owing on a loan.

Concept of Delinquency in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Delinquency: An overdue amount owing on a loan.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Delinquency in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term delinquency into Spanish: delincuencia (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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Legal English Vocabulary: Social Problems, Crime and Delinquency in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term social problems, crime and delinquency into Spanish: Problemas sociales, delito y delincuencia (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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See Also

• Social Problem
• Crime
• Delinquency
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Delinquent
• Social Issues
• Crime Prevention

Hierarchical Display of Delinquency

Social Questions > Social affairs > Social problem
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > Prevention of delinquency
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > Social rehabilitation
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > Integration into employment > Reintegration into working life
Science > Humanities > Behavioural sciences > Criminology
Law > Criminal law > Offence > Crime against property > Theft

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Translation of Delinquency

• Spanish: Delincuencia
• French: Délinquance
• German: Straffälligkeit
• Italian: Delinquenza
• Portuguese: Delinquência
• Polish: Wykroczenie

Thesaurus of Delinquency

Social Questions > Social affairs > Social problem > Delinquency
Politics > Politics and public safety > Public safety > Delinquency
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > Prevention of delinquency > Delinquency
Social Questions > Social affairs > Social policy > Social rehabilitation > Delinquency
Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Employment policy > Integration into employment > Reintegration into working life > Delinquency
Science > Humanities > Behavioural sciences > Criminology > Delinquency
Law > Criminal law > Offence > Crime against property > Theft > Delinquency

See also

• Public safety
• Public order
• Political violence
• Personal weapon
• Civil defence
• Government violence
• Prevention of delinquency
• Social rehabilitation
• Reintegration into working life
• Criminology
• Theft

• Hooliganism
• Sporting event
• Juvenile delinquency
• Young person
• Youth detention centre
• Juvenile court
• Vandalism