Failing+in+duty

  • 11breach of duty — ˌbreach of ˈduty noun breaches of duty PLURALFORM [countable, uncountable] LAW when someone fails to do something that it is their duty to do according to the law or an agreement: • Their failure to reveal the risks associated with this product… …

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  • 12neglect of duty — ignoring responsibility, failing to fulfill one s role …

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  • 13delinquent — de·lin·quent 1 /di liŋ kwənt/ n: a delinquent person; esp: juvenile delinquent delinquent 2 adj [Latin delinquent delinquens, present participle of delinquere to commit (an offense), err] 1 a: offending by neglect or violation of duty or law …

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  • 14Delinquent — De*lin quenta. [L. delinquens, entis, p. pr. of delinquere to fail, be wanting in one s duty, do wrong; de + linquere to leave. See {Loan}, n.] Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 15Tia Dalma — Pirates of the Caribbean character name = Tia Dalma caption = Tia Dalma type = Supporting character (2) Primary character (3) gender = Female hair color = Black eye color = Dark Brown occupation = Fortune teller ships used = Hai Peng Black Pearl… …

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  • 16Death of Tina Watson — Tina Watson Born Christina Mae Thomas 13 February 1977(1977 02 13) Landstuhl, Rhineland Palatinate, West Germany Died 22 October 2003(2003 10 22) (aged 26) Great Barrier Reef Townsville, Queenslan …

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  • 17delinquent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. neglectful, negligent, defaulting, undutiful; culpable. n. defaulter; transgressor, troublemaker, lawbreaker; juvenile delinquent, J. D. See debt, evildoer, guilt, illegality, neglect. II (Roget s… …

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  • 18Manoj-Babli honour killing case — The Manoj Babli honour killing case was the honour killing of Indian newly weds Manoj Banwala and Babli in June 2007 and the successive court case which historically convicted defendants for an honor killing. The killing was ordered by a khap… …

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  • 19delinquent — Noun: A person failing in duty; a person offending by neglect of duty. Peoples Sav. Bank v Retail Merchants Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 146 Iowa 536, 123 NW 198; a person whose acts do not measure up to the proper standard of conduct expected of civilized …

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  • 20Lapse — (l[a^]ps), n. [L. lapsus, fr. labi, p. p. lapsus, to slide, to fall: cf. F. laps. See {Sleep}.] 1. A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; restricted usually to immaterial things, or to… …

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