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juvenile delinquent en · NOUN

Etymology

From juvenile + delinquent.

Meanings

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 milkmaid have it in the lower ribs. 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:

Forms

Relateds

juvenile hall

Synonyms

juvey · juvenile offender

Translations (11)

fi nuorisorikollinen (persistent young offender) · es infantojuvenil (persistent young offender) · el ανήλικος παραβάτης (persistent young offender) · de Jugendstraftäter (persistent young offender) · es delincuente juvenil (persistent young offender) · hu fiatalkorú bűnöző (persistent young offender) · pl młodociana przestępczyni (persistent young offender) · pl młodociany przestępca (persistent young offender) · cmn 少年犯 (persistent young offender) · pt delinquente juvenil (persistent young offender) · cmn 未成年犯 (persistent young offender)