English-Thai Dictionary

delinquency

N การ กระทำผิดกฎหมาย (โดยเฉพาะ กับ เด็ก (ทาง กฎหมายอาญา  criminality illegality wrongdoing care observance kan-kra-tam-phid-kod-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELINQUENCY

n.[L. To fail or omit duty; to leave. ] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; and positively, an offense; a crime. It is particularly, but not exclusively applied to neglect of duty in officers of public trust.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DELINQUENCY

De *lin "quen *cy, n.; pl. Delinquencies. Etym: [L. delinquentia, fr. delinquens.]

 

Defn: Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime. The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. Motley.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

delinquency

de lin quen cy |diˈliNGkwənsē dəˈlɪŋkwənsi | ▶noun ( pl. delinquencies ) minor crime, esp. that committed by young people: social causes of crime and delinquency. • formal neglect of one's duty: he relayed this in such a manner as to imply grave delinquency on the host's part. • a failure to pay an outstanding debt. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin delinquentia, from Latin delinquent- ‘offending ’ (see delinquent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

delinquency

de |lin |quency |dɪˈlɪŋkw (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. delinquencies ) [ mass noun ] 1 minor crime, especially that committed by young people: social causes of crime and delinquency. 2 formal neglect of one's duty. • [ count noun ] chiefly US a failure to pay an outstanding debt by the due date. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin delinquentia, from Latin delinquent- ‘offending ’ (see delinquent ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

delinquency

delinquency noun 1 teenage delinquency: crime, wrongdoing, lawbreaking, lawlessness, misconduct, misbehavior; misdemeanors, offenses, misdeeds. 2 formal grave delinquency on the host's part: negligence, dereliction of duty, irresponsibility.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

delinquency

delinquency noun 1 the social causes of teenage delinquency: crime, wrongdoing, criminality, lawbreaking, lawlessness, misconduct, misbehaviour; misdemeanours, offences, misdeeds. 2 formal he relayed this in such a manner as to imply grave delinquency on the host's part: negligence, dereliction of duty, remissness, neglectfulness, irresponsibility.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

delinquency

de lin quen cy /dɪlɪ́ŋkwənsi /名詞 複 -cies 1 U C (少年の ) (軽 )犯罪, 過失, 非行 ▸ juvenile delinquency 青少年の非行 2 U (職務の )不履行, 怠慢 .