Definition of "derelicts" [derelicts]

• Plural form of derelict. (noun)

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• "A couple of weeks later, Mayor Ed Koch described Tompkins Square Park as "a cesspool," filled with "hundreds of people who are disheveled and people who you used to call derelicts" and "very few, if any, women and children," where "sandboxes are soiled with feces and urine.""
• "Older Delinquents title The Agony of Jimmy Quinlan description Homeless alcoholic "derelicts" featured in this documentary from 1970s Montreal."
• "Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."