Delictuous

//dəˈlɪkt͡ʃuəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    transgressing morality

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criminalcriminalillegalillegal

Etymology

From Latin dēlīctum (“crime”), from neuter of dēlīctus, past participle of delinquo (“to be lacking; to fail; to transgress”).

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