Converse of object

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

• give: Control orders are unlikely to prove any more effective against genuine terrorists than ASBOâs have proved in restraining juvenile delinquents given them.

Modifying Another Word

• particularly: Has anyone experienced this kind of behavior before - or have I got a particularly delinquent fox?

Adjective modifier

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

• young: In Addis Ababa, girls and boys cited examples of girls being accosted on the way to or from school by young male delinquents.

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

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

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

• several: The House resumed the Debate upon the Bill for Sale of the Estates of several Delinquents.

Modifies a noun

• teenager: July 2004 19th July 2004 The Government is proposing " on the spot " fines for delinquent teenagers.

• behavior: Delinquent behavior was closely linked with a greater risk of drug use.

• daughter: With his delinquent daughters, Bunny and Sunshine, in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilerating Atlantic drama.

• youth: Almost as soon as the Estate was occupied articles appeared referring to ' delinquent youths ' causing trouble near the shops.

• act: One in ten of the sample report committing at least one delinquent act more than 50 times last year.

• group: Where delinquent youth groups are referred to in this report, this relates to groups which meet the criteria listed below.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Reports are due January 1st and become delinquent if not filed by May 1st.