Synonyms for delict
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Noun
1. Crime — A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law
wrong, crime, offense US, offence UK, misdemeanor US, misdemeanour UK, tort, transgression, tortfeasance, delinquency, malfeasance, peccadillo, misdoing, malefaction
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Definitions
- n. 1
A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
Forms
- Plural
- delicts → wrongs, crimes, offenses, misdemeanors…
Example sentences
- crime In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- transgression Plagiarism is a serious transgression of academic ethics.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| delict | rising | |
| crime | rising | |
| tort | steady | |
| transgression | rising | |
| misdeed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tort1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1
- 7 letters
- offense2, offence, misdeed2
- 8 letters
- misdoing
- 10 letters
- peccadillo
- 11 letters
- misdemeanor4, delinquency4, malfeasance3, malefaction
- 12 letters
- misdemeanour, tortfeasance
- 13 letters
- transgression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offense2 = 2 syllables).