Delinquency is behaviour that breaks the law or is treated as seriously wrong, and the word is used especially about young people. Juvenile delinquency is the school-and-news phrase for crime or persistent trouble-making by children and teenagers.

Delinquency isDelinquency 是 behaviour that breaks the law or is treated as seriously wrong,違法、或被當成嚴重不當的行為 and the word is used especially about young people這個字特別常用在年輕人身上。Juvenile delinquency isJuvenile delinquency 是 the school-and-news phrase for crime or persistent trouble-making by children and teenagers學校和新聞裡用來講兒童、青少年犯罪或長期惹麻煩的說法。

Officials, social workers, and newspapers use it; it sounds institutional, not like a parent scolding. A milder everyday way is getting into trouble or breaking the law.

Officials, social workers, and newspapers use it;官員、社工、報紙會用這個字 it sounds institutional, not like a parent scolding聽起來很機關公文，不像家長在罵小孩。A milder everyday way is比較溫和的日常說法是 getting into trouble or breaking the lawgetting into trouble 或 breaking the law。

There is another common use in money and banking: if you miss payments, a loan is in delinquency — you are behind. Same spelling, different world.

There is another common use in money and banking:在金融和銀行業裡還有另一個常見用法 if you miss payments, a loan is in delinquency如果你沒繳款，貸款就會 in delinquency — you are behind意思是你欠繳了。Same spelling, different world同樣的拼法，完全不同的領域。

The sense you are after here is the behaviour, especially of the young.

The sense you are after here is這裡要講的意思是 the behaviour, especially of the young行為上的偏差，尤其是指年輕人的。