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delict

/dɪˈlɪkt/
/ˈdiːlɪkt/

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

noun delicts

A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.
Similar: misdemeanor, tort, transgression, tortfeasance
figuratively Synonym of misdeed, any wrongful act. Since Mr Ernest Bevin made his plea a generation ago for more coal to give weight to his foreign policy our economic decline has been such as to sap the foundations of our diplomacy. Conversely, I believe that, during the same period, much of our foreign policy has been such as to contribute to that
Similar: misdeed, any wrongful act
The branch of law dealing in delicts.

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@misc{delict_2026,
  title = {delict},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/delict},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}