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delinquere.

to commit a crime

10 characters4 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/deˈlin.kwe.re/
  1. to commit a crime

    error-lua-exec · intransitive
  2. to sin

    error-lua-exec · intransitive · literary
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin dēlinquere (“to fail in one's duty”), from de- + linquō (“to neglect”), present infinitive form of linquō (“to leave”).

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