juvenile delinquent
Example Sentences
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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
He also began getting into mischief, and his parents, worried that he was becoming a juvenile delinquent, sent him to Miami when he was 14 to live with a married brother, Cyril.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2022
"I'm no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82."
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021
I can’t get past the feeling that this is just some juvenile delinquent trying to freak everybody out.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
