delinquency (noun)
41nonpayment — noun 1. act of failing to meet a financial obligation • Syn: ↑default, ↑nonremittal • Derivationally related forms: ↑default (for: ↑default) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
42nonremittal — noun 1. act of failing to meet a financial obligation • Syn: ↑default, ↑nonpayment • Derivationally related forms: ↑default (for: ↑default) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
43devilry, deviltry — ▶ noun 1 some devilry was afoot: WICKEDNESS, evil, sin, iniquity, vileness, badness, wrongdoing, dishonesty, unscrupulousness …
44culture conflict — noun : the conflict of behavior patterns and values that results when different cultures are incompletely assimilated; especially : the conflict that may find expression in high rates of criminality and delinquency …
45interstitial area — noun : a transitional urban area (as between an industrial and residential district) that may be characterized by a degree of cultural isolation and consequent incidence of crime and delinquency …
46blackboard jungle — noun : an urban school whose students are generally belligerent and disorderly * * * Informal. a school or school system characterized by lack of discipline and by juvenile delinquency. [1950 55; on the model of ASPHALT JUNGLE; popularized by the …
47de·lin·quen·cy — /dıˈlıŋkwənsi/ noun, pl cies 1 : crimes or other morally wrong acts : illegal or immoral behavior especially by young people [noncount] They tried to steer him away from delinquency by giving him a job in their store. She s been charged with… …
48fault — n [Anglo French faute lack, failing, ultimately from Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint] 1: a usu. intentional act forbidden by law; also: a usu. intentional omission to do something (as to exercise due care) required by law see also negligence …
49failure — fail·ure n 1: omission of occurrence or performance; specif: a failing to perform a duty or expected action a failure to mitigate damages failure to prosecute 2: a lack of success or adequacy failure of a suit 3: a failing in business …
50default — de·fault /di fȯlt, dē ˌfȯlt/ n [Anglo French defalte defaute lack, fault, failure to answer a summons, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de , intensive prefix + faillir to fail] 1: failure to do something required by duty (as under a… …
