juvenile delinquent
a young person who commits crimes
TRANSLATION
juvenile delinquent = der Jugendstraftäter juvenile delinquency = die Jugendkriminalität --- GOOGLE INDEX juvenile delinquent: approximately 500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The New York Dolls were clearly punks, but of the old-school JUVENILE DELINQUENT variety, with music built on a deep love of blues, rhythm & blues and early rock.
(Louisville Courier-Journal)
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"Being an entrepreneur is like being a JUVENILE DELINQUENT... The more you tell us that we can't do it, the more we want to prove you wrong."
- London entrepreneur Elim Chew
(Louisville Courier-Journal)
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"Being an entrepreneur is like being a JUVENILE DELINQUENT... The more you tell us that we can't do it, the more we want to prove you wrong."
- London entrepreneur Elim Chew
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juvenile delinquent
noun phrase
- a young person who commits crimes
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
juvenile delinquency
- antisocial or criminal conduct by juvenile delinquents
(Collins English Dictionary)
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A policeman brought four boys before a judge.
"They were causing an awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your Honour," he said.
"Boys," said the judge sternly, "I never like to hear reports of juvenile delinquency. Now I want each of you to tell me your name and what you were doing wrong."
"My name is George," said the first boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Pete," said the second boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Mike," said the third boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Peanuts," said the fourth boy.
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Etymology:
Juvenile stems from the Latin juvenilis, "of or belonging to youth," and from juvenis "young person." Delinquent is from the Latin delinquentum (nom. delinquens), the present participle of delinquere,meaning "to fail; be wanting, fall short; offend (from de- "completely" + linquere "to leave").
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SYNONYMS
first offender, hoodlum, punk, young offender
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Teenagers with piercings and tattoos are not necessarily juvenile delinquents."
noun phrase
- a young person who commits crimes
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
juvenile delinquency
- antisocial or criminal conduct by juvenile delinquents
(Collins English Dictionary)
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A policeman brought four boys before a judge.
"They were causing an awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your Honour," he said.
"Boys," said the judge sternly, "I never like to hear reports of juvenile delinquency. Now I want each of you to tell me your name and what you were doing wrong."
"My name is George," said the first boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Pete," said the second boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Mike," said the third boy, "and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen."
"My name is Peanuts," said the fourth boy.
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Etymology:
Juvenile stems from the Latin juvenilis, "of or belonging to youth," and from juvenis "young person." Delinquent is from the Latin delinquentum (nom. delinquens), the present participle of delinquere,meaning "to fail; be wanting, fall short; offend (from de- "completely" + linquere "to leave").
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SYNONYMS
first offender, hoodlum, punk, young offender
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Teenagers with piercings and tattoos are not necessarily juvenile delinquents."
