These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withpeer.delinquentadjectiveuk
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/d??l??.kw?nt/illegal or not acceptable, or behaving in a way that is illegal or ...See more atdelinquentpeernoun[C]uk
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/p?r/a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in ...See more atpeer
(Definition ofdelinquentandpeerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdelinquent peer
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Perhaps the strongest candidate for the shared environment influence is the twins partaking in antisocial behavior together, either alone or within adelinquentpeergroup.From theCambridge English CorpusWe explore how the rate of violent behaviors followsdelinquentpeergroup trajectories and investigate a differential facilitation effect of delinquent peers on violence across multiple developmental pathways.From theCambridge English CorpusParticipants who left the study or had missing data did not significantly differ ondelinquentpeerinvolvement at age 11 compared to those who had complete data.From theCambridge English CorpusSome empirical findings suggest a facilitation effect of delinquent peers on antisocial behavior.From theCambridge English CorpusThe moderate risk status of this group is exacerbated by the formation of affiliations with delinquent peers who may act to encourage, reward, and sustain tendencies to antisocial behaviors.From theCambridge English CorpusFor example, children who are at high genetic risk for delinquency should not be aggregated with delinquent peers, as such exposure constitutes a potentiating (high risk) environment.From theCambridge English CorpusThis issue becomes even more prominent as findings suggest that social behaviors, such as affiliation with delinquent peers and delinquency, vary as a function of age.From theCambridge English CorpusIt suggests young people are motivated to commit crimes by delinquent peers, and learn criminal skills from them.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He proposed that delinquent peers would be found to have no direct effect on delinquency when social bonds inhibiting delinquency were taken onto account.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.Want to learn more?Go to the definition ofdelinquentGo to the definition ofpeerSee other collocations withpeer#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/example/english/delinquent-peer##
