different between delinquent vs scobe

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French délinquant, ultimately from Latin delinquens, present participle of delinquo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??l??kw?nt/

Adjective

delinquent (comparative more delinquent, superlative most delinquent)

1. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

   Fred is delinquent in making his car payment.

   The company made a new effort to collect delinquent payments.

2. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Synonyms

• (late or failing to pay a debt): defaulting

Derived terms

• delinquency
• juvenile delinquent
• moral delinquent

Translations

Noun

delinquent (plural delinquents)

1. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
2. A person who has not paid his or her debts.
3. (obsolete, derogatory) A term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642-1645. Charles I was known as the chief delinquent.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:criminal

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?linquens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?de?.li?k??nt/, /?de?.l???k??nt/
• Hyphenation: de?lin?quent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

delinquent m (plural delinquenten, diminutive delinquentje n)

1. criminal

   Synonyms: crimineel, misdadiger

Related terms

• delinquant (obsolete)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: delinkwent

Latin

Verb

d?linquent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of d?linqu?

English

Etymology

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Noun

scobe (plural scobes)

1. (Ireland, slang) A chav or ned; a delinquent.

Anagrams

• becos

Latin

Noun

scobe

1. ablative singular of scobis