A crime or legal offense
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic

delinquent
someone who breaks the law
A delito is a crime, what a delinquent0 commits.
delito
crime, offense
Any act that breaks the law, from minor infractions to serious crimes.
Robar es un delitoStealing is a crime
Fue acusado de un delito menorHe was accused of a minor offense