delict

Borrowed from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”), from dē- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪkt/, /ˈdiːlɪkt/

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delict (plural delicts)

1. (civil law, Scots law) A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law. [from the early 16th c.]
2. (law) The branch of law dealing in delicts.

• delictual
• quasi-delict

• in flagrant delict

• delict on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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• corpus delicti

• Deltic, deltic

From Middle Dutch delict, from Latin delictum (“fault”), from neuter of delictus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking", "to fail", "to transgress”).

• IPA^(key): /dəˈlɪkt/, /deːˈlɪkt/

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• Hyphenation: de‧lict
• Rhymes: -ɪkt

delict n (plural delicten, diminutive delictje n)

1. crime, wrong

• misdrijf

• delictpleger
• plaats delict

• → Indonesian: delik

Borrowed from Latin delictum.

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delict n (plural delicte)

1. crime

• infracțiune
• crimă