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delegation
delegitimize
delete
delete key
deleterious
deletion
deleverage
Delft
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Delhi
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Delian
Delian League
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delict
de·lict [ di líkt ] (plural de·licts)


noun 
Definition:
 
wrong done to somebody: in civil and criminal law, a wrong or injury done to somebody
[Early 16th century. < Latin delictum, neuter past participle of delinquere "offend" (see delinquent)]
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