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delinquent
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noun
a young offender
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adjective
guilty of a misdeed
delinquent minors
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adjective
(= overdue)
past due; not paid at the scheduled time
an overdue installment
a delinquent account
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adjective
(= derelict, neglectful, remiss)
failing in what duty requires
derelict (or delinquent) in his duty
neglectful of his duties
remiss of you not to pay your bills
offence
Noun
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An offence is an action that breaks the law.
Murder is a serious criminal offence.
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When you give offence to someone, you do something that they don't like.
I didn't mean to give offence, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China.
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The offence is the person or team who is attacking.
For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offence.