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juvenile delinquents

juvenile delinquents is the plural of juvenile delinquent.

Meaning of juvenile delinquent

Noun

juvenile delinquent (plural juvenile delinquents)

  1. A persistent young offender; an antisocial minor, one who has committed criminal acts such as theft or violence.
    • This cow-creamer, in case you're interested, was a silver jug or pitcher or whatever you call it shaped, of all silly things, like a cow with an arching tail and a juvenile-delinquent expression on its face, a cow that looked as if it were planning, next time it was milked, to haul off and let the...1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII
    Synonyms:
    juvenile offender, juvey

Questions about juvenile delinquents

What is juvenile delinquents the plural of?
Juvenile delinquents is the plural of juvenile delinquent.

Words near juvenile delinquents in the dictionary

  1. juvenile
  2. juvenile court
  3. juvenile courts
  4. juvenile delinquency
  5. juvenile delinquent
  6. juvenile delinquents
  7. juvenile detention centre
  8. juvenile detention centres
  9. juvenile diabetes
  10. juvenile hall
  11. juvenile halls

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