No. 4,557 in Dutch
delict
An offense or criminal act.
In a sentence
De politie onderzoekt het delict dat gisteren plaatsvond.
The police are investigating the crime that took place yesterday.
In this sentence, 'delict' is used to refer specifically to a single criminal act or offense being investigated.
Het plegen van een delict kan ernstige juridische gevolgen hebben.
Committing a crime can have serious legal consequences.
Here, 'delict' is used in a general sense to denote criminal actions or offenses in a broader legal context.
Tijdens zijn lezing besprak de advocaat verschillende soorten delicten.
During his lecture, the lawyer discussed various types of crimes.
In this instance, 'delict' is pluralized ('delicten') and used to categorize or reference various types of crimes in an educational or explanatory setting.
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