juvenile delinquent

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She previously worked as a case worker in a juvenile delinquent transitional home and her boyfriend coaches a basketball team.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2024

He was headed for jail as a juvenile delinquent when a sympathetic judge offered him an alternative: Join the military.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022

Speaking to a crowd of relatives and activists in Montgomery, she said: "I guess you can say that now I am no longer a juvenile delinquent."

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2021

A brainy classmate helps a cocky juvenile delinquent find the right path in life.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2020

I started to think that making Byron spend all of his summer in this heat was more punishment than even a juvenile delinquent like him deserved.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis