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delict.

A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/dɪˈlɪkt//ˈdiːlɪkt/
  1. A wrongful act, analogous to a tort in common law.

  2. Synonym of misdeed, any wrongful act.

    figuratively
  3. The branch of law dealing in delicts.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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