juvenile delinquent
Example Sentences
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If the Avengers are swaggering mall cops who maintain order for the purpose of selling T-shirts and toys, Shazam is the juvenile delinquent shoplifting their dignity.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023
In my first film, I played a juvenile delinquent — Barbara Hanley.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2022
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
"I'm no longer a juvenile delinquent at 82."
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021
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
