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delincuente — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • criminal adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  • delinquent noun Someone, especially a young person, who breaks rules or laws.
  • felon noun Someone convicted of a felony — a serious crime.
  • offender noun A person who commits a crime or breaks the law.
  • rogue noun A dishonest or unprincipled person; a scoundrel.

Senses

delincuente is used for these senses in English:

  • criminal A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
  • delinquent Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense
  • delinquent One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws, or who acts against another's wishes.
  • felon (criminal law) A person who has committed a felony; specifically, one who has been tried and convicted of such a crime.
  • offender A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
  • rogue (by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.

criminal — full definition

  1. adj Involving or relating to crime, or against the law.
  2. noun A person who has committed a crime.
  3. adj Shockingly wrong or wasteful (used loosely, not in a legal sense).

delinquent — full definition

  1. noun Someone, especially a young person, who breaks rules or laws.
  2. adjective Overdue or unpaid, referring to a debt or bill.

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