juvenile delinquent
Example Sentences
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“I could go sit in a corner, and you can be a juvenile delinquent reading juvenile delinquent books.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Unity, to make a long story longer, was in the air that year — and not just because my separated parents were bonding over their juvenile delinquent son.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
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
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
Now she feared that people would see her as a juvenile delinquent, a criminal, someone with a mark against her name.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
