delinquents's Usage Examples:

There is also a correctional school at Lima devoted to the education and training of youthful delinquents.

slurping noodles after dark on verandas will become rioting, spitting, drug- taking delinquents.

The program deals with the second childhood of a group of aging delinquents.

The quiet couples slurping noodles after dark on verandas will become rioting, spitting, drug- taking delinquents.

Nikki Lennox (Vicki Mathios) One of the teenage delinquents sent on a day scheme to Wentworth to " scare them straight " .

juvenile delinquents white man to they became engraved such fund managers.

He improved the incomes of poor livings by revenues derived from episcopal estates and the fines of delinquents.

It was found also that such delinquents were subjected to discipline according to the rules of the church to which they belonged.

A swarm of commissioners ransacked the provinces in search of delinquents, and the council sat daily for hours, condemning the accused, almost without a hearing, in batches together.

Unguided and alone, the boy teams up with other inner-city delinquents and is soon part of a system of crime and punishment.

Uh-huh, and there weren't so many juvenile delinquents then either.

The House resumed the Debate upon the Bill for Sale of the Estates of several delinquents.

Synonyms:

neglectful, negligent, remiss, derelict,

Antonyms:

good person, careful, attentive, inhabited, diligent,