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Delinquency is probably translated from délinquance, which is generally understood to mean thuggery/small crimes.

• wkat4242 3y ago
  So to use these serious spy powers all they need is suspicion of pickpocketing? :O Or am I oversimplifying. Please say so.
  • stef25 3y ago
    It's probably referring to acts carried out by youngsters in the banlieus (low income areas of France's big cities). Stuff like ambushing police and fire brigades for lolz, partaking in protests they care nothing about to just loot and burn, low/mid scale drug dealing etc. Police has real problems dealing with these types cause there are so many of them together and they quickly scurry back in to their impenetrable tower blocks.
  • sebstefan 3y ago
    You're overcomplicating, délinquance is code for crime while young / crime while arab