Synonym: dereliction, juvenile delinquency, willful neglect. Similar words: delinquent, relinquish, relinquished, relinquishment, fluency, unquenchable, frequency, constituency. Meaning: [dɪ'lɪŋkwənsɪ] 
n. 1. nonpayment of a debt when due 2. a tendency to be negligent and uncaring 3. an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.
n. 1. nonpayment of a debt when due 2. a tendency to be negligent and uncaring 3. an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor. 
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1. We can curb juvenile delinquency by education.
2. He is an expert in juvenile delinquency.
3. There is a high rate of juvenile delinquency in this area.
4. He had no history of delinquency.
5. The authorities are at their wits'end about juvenile delinquency.
6. The rise in delinquency is an indictment of our society and its values.
7. The captain's delinquency led to the loss of the ship.
8. The problem of juvenile delinquency presented itself for the attention from the whole society.
9. We could always relate to the juvenile delinquency thing.
10. Failure to enter into debt slavery equals social delinquency.
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11. But there is nothing new in juvenile delinquency.
12. Delinquency is an indispensable part of society.
13. They were after whatever hints of delinquency they could suggest by sheer numbers.
14. For example, the Functionalist-based theories see crime and delinquency as a response to frustrations arising from lower social position and status.
15. Child abuse, wife battering, family break-up, delinquency and alcoholism are no respecters of beautiful surroundings.
16. The study clearly demonstrates the link between juvenile delinquency and child abuse.
17. Secondly, we will look at modern delinquency, and specifically football hooliganism.
18. In their portrayal, delinquency is seen as a natural and rational choice for residents of these areas.
19. The public housing units have frequently become slums and hotbeds of crime, especially juvenile delinquency.
20. Her husband was having a heated argument with a short fat woman about television as an inducement to juvenile delinquency.
21. That is, it is not directly concerned with material gain; delinquency centring on vandalism or violence is an obvious example.
22. Steps were taken to improve prisons and insane asylums and to check juvenile delinquency.
23. New Right philosophies, as applied in Britain, also exploited rising popular anxieties about crime and delinquency.
24. New studies suggest children of divorce face a higher risk of depression, poor health and delinquency.
25. No one would assume that it referred to health, education or the battle against juvenile delinquency or even violent crime.
26. McCain imagines that if they sit around watching more wholesome television, they will be less prone to delinquency.
27. In Chapter 7 I discuss the romanticising of male urban juvenile delinquency by modern sociologists, but they are not alone.
28. The purpose of penal systems was clearly to deal with male delinquency and crime.
29. He had had an unhappy home life as a child and his youth was marked by a certain amount of delinquency.
30. It is these ideas that lead to what is seen as juvenile delinquency.
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