Associations to the word «Delinquency»
Noun
- Prevention
- Juvenile
- Implement
- Initiative
- Subcommittee
- Adolescence
- Crime
- Schools
- Offender
- Adolescent
- Assist
- Partnership
- Neglect
- Abuse
- Parenting
- Minor
- Probation
- Aggression
- Gang
- Incarceration
- Dependency
- Milieu
- Mortgage
- Justice
- Felony
- Violence
- Misconduct
- Ju
- Pennsylvania
- Hearing
- Nile
- Mckay
- Innocent
- Sentencing
- Sociology
- Offense
- Commission
- Sociologist
- Behavior
- Youth
- Jus
- Correction
- Homicide
- Community
- Detention
- Default
- Rape
- Adulthood
- Desertion
- Peer
- Platt
- Conformity
- Addiction
- Advisory
- Custody
- Backlash
- Cripple
- Adoption
- Punishment
- Prob
- Abduction
- Bronson
- Supervision
- Teen
- Research
- Dysfunction
- Criminal
- Welfare
- Marijuana
- Rehabilitation
- Parole
Adjective
Wiktionary
DELINQUENCY, noun. Misconduct
DELINQUENCY, noun. A criminal offense
DELINQUENCY, noun. A debt that is overdue for payment
Dictionary definition
DELINQUENCY, noun. Nonpayment of a debt when due.
DELINQUENCY, noun. A tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities".
DELINQUENCY, noun. An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.
Wise words
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