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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin dēlictōrem, from the Latin verb dēlinquō (“to transgress, err”). By surface analysis, delitto (“crime”, “offense”) + -tore (“-er”, agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.litˈto.re/
- Rhymes: -ore
- Hyphenation: de‧lit‧tó‧re
Noun
delittore m (plural delittori)
- (law) Synonym of delinquente
- criminal, delinquent
Further reading
- delittore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- delittore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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