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Juvenile delinquency   /dʒˈuvənəl dɪlˈɪŋkwənsi/   Listen
Juvenile delinquency

noun
1.
An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.  Synonym: delinquency.





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... Hence juvenile delinquency and crime increase proportionately with the crowding of the modern city, the boy offending five times to the girl's once, and directing 80 per cent of his misdemeanors against property rights. In the city of Chicago alone the 1909 records show ...
— The Minister and the Boy • Allan Hoben


Words linked to "Juvenile delinquency" :   law, delinquency, misbehaviour, misdeed, jurisprudence, misbehavior


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