delinquency

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dēlinquentia, derived from Latin dēlinquēns, present participle of dēlinquō (“I transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delinquent +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

delinquency (countable and uncountable, plural delinquencies)

1. Misconduct.
2. A criminal offense.
3. A debt that is overdue for payment.
   • 2023 June 2, Anna Bahney, “Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies rose in the first part of 2023”, in CNN‎:

     Commercial and multifamily mortgage delinquencies increased in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association. […] The quarterly analysis looks at delinquency rates for five of the largest investor groups: FDIC-insured banks and thrifts, commercial mortgage-backed securities, life insurance companies, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Derived terms

• juvenile delinquency
• predelinquency

Translations

misconduct

Bulgarian: простъпка (bg) f (prostǎpka), пропуск (bg) m (propusk) Catalan: delinqüència (ca) f Greek: εγκληματικότητα (el) f (egklimatikótita), παραβατικότητα (el) f (paravatikótita) Hungarian: vétség (hu), normasértés, szabálysértés (hu), Maori: tōrōkiritanga Polish: występek (pl) m Portuguese: delinquência (pt) f Russian: просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok) Spanish: delincuencia (es) f Tagalog: kadalinsilan

a criminal offense

Bulgarian: правонарушение (pravonarušenie) Catalan: delinqüència (ca) f Greek: παράπτωμα (el) n (paráptoma), παράβαση (el) f (parávasi) Polish: przestępstwo (pl) m Portuguese: delinquência (pt) f Russian: преступле́ние (ru) n (prestuplénije) Spanish: delincuencia (es) f Tagalog: kadalinsilan

a debt that is overdue for payment

Bulgarian: просрочен дълг (prosročen dǎlg) Russian: просроченный (ru) (prosročennyj) долг (ru) m (dolg)