Synonyms for delinquency
Most common
crime mischief criminality misdeed juvenile delinquency dereliction
All synonyms
Noun
1. Crime — A criminal offense
crime, criminality, misdemeanor US, misdemeanour UK, sin, misdeed, error, offense US, offence UK, wrong, mischief, malfeasance, transgression, trespass, indiscretion, fault, tort, unlawfulness, peccadillo, malefaction, outrage, iniquity, delict, misdoing
Definitions
- n. 1
A criminal offense.
Related words
- Phrases
- juvenile delinquency
- Other spellings
- delinquence
Forms
- Plural
- delinquencies → crimes, criminalities, misdemeanors, sins…
Example sentences
- crime In Singapore, it is a crime to spit on the ground.
- mischief I like the child all the better for his mischief.
- criminality Institutionalized criminality will likely remain in Morocco.
- dereliction He was court-martialed for dereliction of duty.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| delinquency | falling | |
| crime | rising | |
| mischief | rising | |
| criminality | rising | |
| misdeed | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- sin1
- 4 letters
- tort1
- 5 letters
- wrong1, crime1, fault1, error2
- 6 letters
- delict
- 7 letters
- offense2, default2, offence, outrage2, misdeed2
- 8 letters
- mischief2, trespass2, iniquity4, misdoing
- 10 letters
- peccadillo
- 11 letters
- misdemeanor4, criminality5, malfeasance3, dereliction4, malefaction
- 12 letters
- indiscretion4, misdemeanour, unlawfulness
- 13 letters
- transgression3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- délinquance
- Deutsch
- Delinquenz