Delinquent vs. Criminal

Delinquentadjective

Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.

Delinquentadjective

Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense

Delinquentnoun

One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.

Delinquentnoun

A person who has not paid their debts.

Delinquentnoun

A royalist in the First English Civil War (1642-1646).

Delinquentadjective

Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Delinquentnoun

One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

Delinquentnoun

a young offender

Delinquentadjective

guilty of a minor misdeed;

Delinquentadjective

failing in what duty requires;

Delinquentadjective

persistently bad;

Delinquentadjective

past due; not paid at the scheduled time;

Criminaladjective

Against the law; forbidden by law.

Criminaladjective

Guilty of breaking the law.

Criminaladjective

Of or relating to crime or penal law.

Criminaladjective

(figuratively) Abhorrent or very undesirable.

Criminalnoun

A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.

Criminaladjective

Guilty of crime or sin.

Criminaladjective

Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; - said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.

Criminaladjective

Relating to crime; - opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.

Criminalnoun

One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Criminalnoun

someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime

Criminaladjective

relating to crime or its punishment;

Criminaladjective

bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure;

Criminaladjective

guilty of crime or serious offense;

Criminaladjective

involving or being or having the nature of a crime;