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- Latin · derived fromdēlīctum“crime”
- English todaydelictuous
From Latin dēlīctum (“crime”), from neuter of dēlīctus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”).
Words from the same roots
Latindēlīctum all →
delict
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.