delinquent

Example Sentences

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“They want to make us out to be delinquents. Migrating isn’t a crime. What crime are we committing?”

From Seattle Times

A lawyer for the government told the high court that the IRS needs flexibility to investigate accounts that a delinquent taxpayer may be using in order to collect from that individual.

From Washington Times

In 2017, the year the college closed, 75 percent of its students with federal loans were delinquent or in default.

From Washington Post

Care said it was not delinquent in payments to hospitals or skilled nursing facilities based on “clean claims” that included all necessary information, although incomplete claims could be denied because of missing information.

From Los Angeles Times

If the Avengers are swaggering mall cops who maintain order for the purpose of selling T-shirts and toys, Shazam is the juvenile delinquent shoplifting their dignity.

From New York Times