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juvenile

[joo-vuh-nl, -nahyl] / ˈdʒu və nl, -ˌnaɪl /


NOUN
young person
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STRONGEST


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The teenagers will now be released from the juvenile detention centre where they have been held for more than five months.

From BBC

County district attorney’s office’s juvenile division for filing consideration, police said.

From Los Angeles Times

Officials said she was taken to juvenile hall.

From Los Angeles Times

On Thursday, the juvenile court of nearby Aquila suspended the couple's parental responsibility and ordered the transfer of the children to a protective home with their mother.

From Barron's

Prosecutor Tom Little KC said Carrick had to be treated as juvenile for the offences against the girl.

From BBC