Suze Orman

I generally encourage people to make good on debts when they have enough money to repay them. But once a delinquency has been reported to a collection agency, paying it off won't help your FICO score. The damage has already been done, and the blemish will remain on your credit report for seven years.

American Author

Bob Feller

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a tractor, I was heaving a baseball into his mitt behind the barn... If all the parents in the country followed his rule, juvenile delinquency would be cut in half in a year's time.

Athlete

Mark Fisher

Footballers' 'lack of loyalty,' for instance, is not an indication of players' moral delinquency. Instead, the capacity to move on quickly without forming lasting attachments is a skill that the contemporary capitalist world inculcates and relies upon.

British Writer

Kim Brooks

Virginia, like most states, has few guidelines about how closely parents are expected to supervise their children. As a result, I was charged not with leaving my son in the car, but with the misdemeanor of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

American Writer

Rodney Stark

High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even where socialization is different, and so does crime and delinquency.

American Theologian

Robert Kennedy

Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion of the young and to the increase of juvenile delinquency.

American Politician

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who live by night, a little bit outside society, moving between delinquency and conformity.

Cuban Novelist

Nicolas Sarkozy

I want to wage war against illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, unfair competition, communitarianism, delinquency.

French Statesman

Richard E. Grant

Even 31 sounds quite old to me, because my brain is probably still in a state of adolescent delinquency.

British Actor

Matt Bevin

I have no tax delinquency problem, nor have I ever.

Often implies failure to meet legal duties or expected social behaviors.

Legal Obligations

Usually has a negative tone, suggesting improper or unlawful behavior.

Negative Connotation

Can indicate behavior that negatively affects the community's well-being.

Societal Impact

Specific to wrongdoing by individuals, usually under age 18.

Age Specific

Refers to strategies to stop young people from breaking the law.

Preventative Measures

Usually, relates to less serious crimes, not major felonies.

Crime Severity

Involves not making due payments, affecting creditworthiness.

Financial Responsibility

A signal of financial trouble which lenders may use to assess risk.

Loan Warning

High delinquency rates can indicate economic downturns.

Economic Indicator

 but I did notice something happening to me that I was without them laughs whenever he said anything to me that was cut and normal like he said no to juvenile delinquency he said he got accepted into West Point and they don't let delinquents in West Point is have no too many short marital relationships he's only ever been married twice

Strange answers to the...

 Whenever he said anything to me that was kind of normal -- like he said "no" to juvenile delinquency, he said he got accepted into West Point, and they don't let delinquents in West Point. He said "no" to many short-term marital relationships. He's only ever been married twice.

Delinquency