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delinquency

Noun B1 – Intermediate

Bad or illegal behavior, especially by young people, or the failure to pay a debt on time.

"The community center was built to reduce juvenile delinquency in the neighborhood."

In finance, "delinquency" instead refers to a late or unpaid debt, a separate common sense.